It was in this great city that Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white male. When the news of her arrest was made public the result was a 382 day long Montgomery Bus Boycott. Because of this action, and reaction, the Montgomery bus system was desegregated in December of 1956.
The deadly fire that broke out in Dale’s Penthouse on February 7th of 1967 gained enough national attention that it caused the revamping of the fire code standards throughout the country. The fire reportedly began in a cloak room next to the only emergency stair exit. Since the fire was blocking the only exit stairs twenty five people lost their lives to the blaze.
The Confederacy was founded at Montgomery in Feb. 1861, and, for a time, the city was the Confederate capital.