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Showing up: How Community Hero Meta Ellis’ activism, community building creates space for those in need

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Jose Vazquez

At the end of a long week, Meta Ellis had a few minutes to recline into a chartreuse couch in downtown Montgomery’s Bayard Rustin Community Center and Thrift Store. Ellis, director of…

MPU Research Fellows Present on the Life of Bayard Rustin

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Jose Vazquez

Our Historical Research Fellows Jessi-Alex Brandon and Joseph Williams present the life and work of Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an indispensable force behind the civil rights movement alongside Martin Luther King Jr….

Montgomery Pride United Featured in Esquire

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Jose Vazquez

In Alabama, Pride is a Protest For Queer Survival — Even if that means Protesting Alone BY JUSTIN KIRKLAND JUN 8, 2020 – Esquire Magazine Link to original article and pasted below….