Juana Summers

Martin Luther King Jr.,

Alabama Governor and segregationist George Wallace, and Rosa Parks, the woman who, with a simple act of civil disobedience, energized the movement with the Montgomery bus boycott back in 1955.

In fact, Montgomery was the setting for much of the battle for civil rights.

As the country celebrates its 250th anniversary, NPR's Debbie Elliott went to Montgomery to see what it can teach us.

Consider this.

The landscape of Montgomery, Alabama is a monument to civil rights, but is America losing touch with the lessons of that movement?

From NPR, I'm Juana Summers.

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Montgomery, Alabama isn't just known for civil rights.

A city that was home to a thriving slave trade and a stronghold for Jim Crow is also known as the cradle of Confederacy, but also where Martin Luther King Jr.

spent some of his early years as a pastor.

NPR's Debbie Elliott takes us to Montgomery, Alabama, a city steeped in the complexities of American history.

This episode was produced by Tyler Bartlam.

It was edited by Rose Friedman and Courtney Dorning.

Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan.

It's Consider This from NPR.

I'm Juana Summers.

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