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‘American Queen’ author Vanessa Miller In the late 1800s, a group of formerly enslaved people embarked on a year-long journey from the Deep South to the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where they built a community called the Kingdom of the Happy Land. The group was led by Reverend William Montgomery and his wife, Louella—the […]
The Montgomery Bus Boycott is one of the most famous events of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, featuring one of the movement’s most iconic figures, Rosa Parks. However, the boycott’s historical context and organizing strategies are often erased or glossed over in textbooks and classroom teaching. And when events are removed […]
MONTGOMERY, AL – Federal investigators have recovered $532,842 in back wages and liquidated damages from a Montgomery home healthcare business that misclassified 67 employees as independent contractors, and incurred overtime wage violations as a result. U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Jennings Professional Services, an in-home, day and overnight healthcare provider, paid the […]
Teresa Ann Montgomery, a beloved wife, cherished mother, and a pillar of strength in her community, passed away on September 18, 2023, at the age of 64. She was known for her loving nature, kind heart, and unwavering dedication to her family.Teresa was born on November 12, 1958, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Floyd […]
The Montgomery Fellows Program this fall is welcoming a noted cultural and literary critic whose academic work over the past four decades broke new ground in amplifying the lives and voices of Black women. The Montgomery Fellow in residence at Montgomery House starting this month is Hortense Spillers, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor Emerita from Vanderbilt, […]
Comment on this storyComment Wisdom is a blessing and a curse. It sometimes seems prophetic, seeing around corners and predicting events before they happen. It’s a gift when it helps us make smart decisions or avoid danger. It can be a burden when it sees a bad thing ahead, warns that it can’t be avoided, […]
CNN — A fourth person has been charged in connection with a brawl Saturday at a riverfront dock in Montgomery, Alabama, police said Thursday.
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks paid a visit to Montgomery County’s vote-rich Leisure World community this past week, in search of support for her bid for U.S. Senate — and was rewarded with the public backing of two state legislators who represent the area. Full-throated endorsements by District 19 Sen. Ben Kramer of Derwood […]
A view of Montgomery College’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. Montgomery College photo. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced an agreement Wednesday to resolve a sexual harassment case at Montgomery College. According to the Office of Civil Rights, a male professor at the Montgomery County community college required female students to remove […]
Bobby Gene Black, 81, of Montgomery, Alabama met Jesus face to face on December 22, 2022, warm in his bed and surrounded by his family. Preceded in death by his father, James Marshall Black and his mother, Mary Cathleen Black. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Joan Hughes Black. His daughters Karen […]