Montgomery

by Karren Pell and Carole King

This book looks at the changes in Alabama's "Capital City of Dreams." During World War II, Montgomery residents opened their homes and hearts to pilots at Maxwell and Gunter Air Force Bases. During the postwar boom, downtown flourished as homes and shopping centers emerged in suburbia. In the 1950s and 1960s, Montgomery became an important site of the civil rights movement. The 1970s brought urban renewal, while the 1980s focused on the arts with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467113638
• ISBN13: 9781467113632
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"