A street corner in Montgomery that is a part of the city's civil rights history is getting a spruce-up.
A street corner in Montgomery that is a part of the city’s civil rights history is getting a spruce-up.
The garden is designed to beautify that part of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights Trail and the Oak Street Corridor. “It symbolizes what people marched for, for the freedoms that we have today and for some of the freedoms that we are still fighting for,” Montgomery city community development director Desmond Wilson said. “So I think, in addition to it being part of the tourist attraction, it also has a symbolism that people all over the world come here to Montgomery and want to tour this site looking for answers to their stories.
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