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The history of Alabama

Alabama is the geographic heart of the Civil Rights Movement. Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, and Montgomery's Rosa Parks, Legacy, and Freedom Rides museums sit within a 90-mile triangle that can be driven in a single weekend.

Guides for Alabama history

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  1. Top 10 Civil Rights Movement landmarks

    No. 01 · US History

    Top 10 Civil Rights Movement landmarks

    Birmingham, Selma, Memphis — ten sites that map the long struggle for Black freedom in America from 1955 to 1968.

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