THE CAPITAL IS A PALIMPSEST
Montgomery History
Do not flatten Montgomery into a single era. The city’s most important stories overlap on the same streets.
Origins
River, cotton, capital
How commerce on the Alabama River and the cotton economy shaped the early city.
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Civil Rights
381 days that changed the nation
The boycott was not one person and one bus. It was an organized citywide campaign.
Read →Downtown
Dexter Avenue, block by block
A street where the Confederacy, segregation, civil rights, state power and everyday life overlap.
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The march reached Goat Hill
The 1965 march ended at the Alabama State Capitol with more than 25,000 people in the streets.
Read →Public Memory
The Legacy Sites
A modern set of places built to confront enslavement, racial terror, segregation and their legacy.
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Music
Hank Williams and Montgomery
A country-music icon whose story remains embedded in the capital city.
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