E. Faye Williams: Recognizing the best of Alabama

MAYOR JOHNNY FORD (TriceEdneyWire.com)—As the State of Alabama was in the news again, doing more things that are not in the best interest of women or Black Americans, it dawned on me that such actions are nothing new for some of the state’s leaders. During this Women’s History Month and the immediate past Black History Month, it’s my pleasure to honor two of Alabama’s best who are truly remarkable people! Alabama is on the list of the Montgomery Bus Boycott case where Rosa Parks sat on the bus resisting segregation on buses. She held her seat and was arrested. That act ignited a great response in Montgomery and across the nation—earning her the names& “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”& and& “First Lady of Civil Rights.”& Rosa is being honored during this Women’s History Month, and after Sojourner Truth’s historic placement that I led in the US Capitol, Rosa proudly stands there with a memorial in Statuary Hall.& A bill has been initiated to legalize a federal holiday honoring her. The Alabama Supreme Court just issued a decision on another subject adding to the negative history of Alabama. One is the IVF case regarding frozen embryos granting personhood to embryos....