Johnnie Carr was a civil rights leader from Montgomery, Alabama whose work helped shape the movement that changed America. She helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott, worked closely with Rosa Parks, and later took Montgomery’s school system to federal court — winning a case that forced public schools to integrate. Today, a Montgomery middle school carries her name. Her legacy reminds us that history is not only made in the spotlight — it is built by people who show up, organize, and refuse t

Montgomery Alabama History: From Capital of the Confederacy to Cradle of Civil Rights