5.2K views · 729 reactions | Montgomery, Alabama’s first black mayor, Steven Reed, took office today. This historic moment for the city, which served as the first capital of the pro-slavery Confederacy, comes after its long, violent history of lynchings & systemic racism toward African Americans. | POLITICO | Facebook

Civil Rights legend Claudette Colvin died Tuesday at age 86. Colvin was just 15 years old when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Along with other pioneers, Colvin helped inspire the movement that changed the world for millions of Americans. “I could not move because history had me glued to the seat,” she told David Begnaud in 2021 about the experience. | CBS Mornings