Montgomeryâs Freedom Rides Museum to unveil vintage bus in 60th anniversary exhibit
Freedom Rides celebrates 60th Anniversary By Bethany Davis | May 4, 2021 at 8:40 AM CDT - Updated May 4 at 9:26 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A special ceremony is planned Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Rides, a movement that eventually ended segregation in interstate travel.
It was May 4, 1961, when the first Freedom Ride left Washington, DC. That CORE group of riders, CORE stands for Congress of Racial Equality, was headed to New Orleans. The group was attacked in Anniston and Birmingham before the Kennedy Administration got involved and flew them on to New Orleans.
Alabama state parks would get $85 million for improvements under bond plan
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Posted Apr 29, 2021
Lake Guntersville State Park. One of 15 places to see autumn foliage in Alabama. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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Voters would have the final say on whether to launch the plan.
The legislation is an initiative of Gov. Kay Ivey and would pay for renovations of campgrounds, cabins, and other facilities at Alabama’s 21 state parks, which are under the control of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The bill would set aside $5 million for historical sites and historical parks under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Historical Commission.
Parsons and HLB Lighting Design Partner with Selma Center on National Historic Landmark
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CENTREVILLE, Va., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that it s working with the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation on a new architectural lighting design and installation for the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Parsons will work with HLB Lighting Design to deliver this pro-bono project to illuminate the structure s regional and cultural importance as a National Historic Landmark.
Spanning the Alabama River, the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a civil rights landmark, known as the site of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when Alabama state troopers attacked civil rights advocates crossing the bridge as they marched to Montgomery to win the right to register to vote.
Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the legacy of the Confederacy to preserve and promote Black history in the state.
Alabama imposed the tax to fund pensions for Confederate soldiers and their widows, and still collects it today, the only tax directly tied to the Confederacy.
Most of the revenue is used for other purposes, but one per cent goes to preserve and operate the state s Confederate Memorial Park in rural Mountain Creek.
Senators Clyde Chambliss and Bobby Singleton will sponsor a bill this year that would preserve the funding for the park, but require the state to spend an equal one per cent on Black history sites.