Museums in Montgomery

Here is a statue of the famous Rose Parks. This statue was just put up in December, 2019. I stood next to her and realized Rose was a little taller than I am. We went to her museum and library. The exhibits there were excellent. The museum started with a film. Then we entered a room with a bus. We stood and could see the image of  Rosa getting on the bus. We also saw the bus driver asking her to give up her seat. Later we saw the police who arrested her. I highly recommend the Rose Parks museum.

After that we went to the Legacy museum and memorial. The Legacy museum is new and very interactive. Slavery is a tough subject. Alabama had more slaves than any other state. The Legacy museum also talks about the criminal justice system, education, health care and a whole range of social issues. After the Legacy museum we took the free shuttle to the Legacy Memorial. This photo here is from the Memorial. Each metal block hanging down represents a county and the black people who were lynched in that county. The name of the county along with the name and age of each victim were engraved into the metal of the block. Alabama had some lynchings but other states such as Oklahoma and Mississippi and Georgia had more. Even Minnesota had three lynchings in Duluth. A rainstorm came while we were visiting this outdoor Memorial. Rain fell sideways and we rushed to the shuttle bus in our rain coats.

We visited the church where Martin Luther King was the pastor but it was closed for tours earlier today. His parsonage home was also closed.We drove by the Confederate White House. From this house Jefferson Davis made the decision  to start the Civil war.This building was not open for tours today which was okay with me. My mind and soul were full to the brim with sorrowful information about the crazy idea of white supremacy.