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Civil Rights Pioneer Seeks Expungement of ’55 Arrest Record

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955 wants to end the case once and for all. Claudette Colvin was arrested by Montgomery police months before the better-known Rosa Parks because of the mother of the movement…

The Long Walk Home Celebrates 25 Years

Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek headlined The Long Walk Home, a story about two women from different backgrounds living through the civil rights movement.
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Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek headlined The Long Walk Home, a story about two women from different backgrounds living through the civil rights movement. You’ll find that many of the locations are familiar. “Garrett Colliseum building to the old Hancock furniture building down on Norman Bridge Rd. to a lot of locations in downtown Montgomery and also some of the…