Democracy Now: Jeanne Theoharis on the Montgomery Bus Boycott & “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” (Part 2)
This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Part 2 of our conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began days after Rosa ...
Jeanne Theoharis on the Montgomery Bus Boycott & “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” (Part 2)
It is the third-most populous city in the state, after Huntsville and Birmingham, and the 133rd-most populous in the United States. The Montgomery metropolitan area 's population in 2022 was 385,460; it is the fourth-largest in the state and 142nd among U.S. metropolitan areas. [9]
Known as the Capital of Dreams, Montgomery is a city rich in history, yet clearly focused on the future.
Montgomery, capital of the state of Alabama, U.S., and seat (1822) of Montgomery county, located in the central part of the state. The city lies near the point where the Alabama River is formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers.
From culture to community to economic opportunity, Montgomery continues to grow in ways people can see and feel it! Did you know there’s a version of Montgomery that the history books gave us? Anyone who’s actually spent time in Montgomery knows there’s another story running alongside it.
Located in the heart of central Alabama, the city of Montgomery holds a strategic place in state, national, and international history. A frontier settlement, it became a center of the cotton kingdom, Alabama's seat of government, and the original Confederate capital.