10 important Civil Rights spots in Montgomery you should visit

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Montgomery Square has incredible and impactful sculptures. (Equal Justice Initiative / Human Photo)

Montgomery is home to a lot of history, and many of those historical moments are related to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement—fueled by activists, organizers and everyday people in Montgomery.

While many of the Montgomery-based moments might be known, we have rounded up a few spots that you can visit to commemorate and learn more about the city’s history, as well as the Montgomery natives that enacted nationwide change.

The Legacy Sites

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Montgomery Square is a new addition to Montgomery’s historical landscape. (Equal Justice Initiative / Human Photo)

The Legacy Sites are a part of a relatively new initiative to commemorate Civil Rights activists and educate visitors about the movement. The three sites are beautiful dedications to the difficult work done in Montgomery during the fight for Civil Rights. These are the sites:

There is another (new!) location in the city created by the Equal Justice Initiative:

While the three sites are spread across Montgomery, a single $5 general admission ticket allows patrons entry into all three of the sites. There is a free shuttle that visits each spot every 15 minutes during open hours and free parking for patrons at each location.

Each of these spots works together to tell a historical story focusing on the important moments in American history that occurred in Montgomery. You can learn more about The Legacy Sites here.

U.S. Civil Rights Trail

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Civil Rights monuments across the city are presented in creative ways. (Equal Justice Initiative / Human Photo)

Montgomery is a highlighted city for the nationwide U.S. Civil Rights Trail. This provides interested visitors with a guided tour of important sites around the entire state of Alabama, including several right here in Montgomery.

These stops include:

You can visit all of these stops independently, but the U.S. Civil Rights Trail guided map of stops also provides insight to the stops on the list. You can check that out at their website, here.

Other historic spots around Montgomery:

The state capitol is an important spot in Civil Rights history.
The Alabama capitol building has been a backdrop for many important peaceful protests. (Montgomery Up)

Here are a few other important Civil Rights locations and monuments around Montgomery:

The Montgomery community was integral to the Civil Rights movement. There are many other locations that acted as the backdrop for historical Civil Rights moments, big and small, across the city. Let us know if we missed any.

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Caroline Chesnut
Caroline Chesnut
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