Montgomery outlines Rosa Parks 70th‑anniversary program and holiday events
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City announced a weeklong commemoration of the Montgomery bus boycott's 70th anniversary with free admission to the Rosa Parks Museum, a Unity Walk and a Dec. 6 gala; holiday programming includes a tree lighting, Zoo Lights and the Dec. 12 Christmas parade.
Speaker 1 outlined a series of public events marking the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' Dec. 1, 1955 action and holiday programming across Montgomery.
The official said the week includes free admission to the Rosa Parks Museum, a Unity Walk for Peace and Justice, worldwide bell tolling at 6:06 p.m., cultural programming, film premieres and community gatherings. "On Friday, December 5, we were gathered at Holt Street Baptist Church for a reimagined mass meeting titled, 'Where do we go from here?'" the official said, and they named Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago as the keynote speaker for that event.
Holiday offerings highlighted by the official include the Candy Cane Lane Marketplace tree lighting at Riverfront Park (6 p.m.), the Montgomery Zoo's Christmas Lights Festival (opening tomorrow night) and a planned replacement of the zoo train next year, plus the Dec. 12 Christmas Parade. The official directed listeners to enjoymontgomery.com for event details and to mgmbusboycott.com for the Rosa Parks schedule.
Next steps: residents were invited to attend events; contact and schedule information is available at the cited websites.