Montgomery
Capital, yellowhammer state
Montgomery is the capital city of Alabama, significant in both the Civil War (as the first Confederate capital) and the Civil Rights Movement (site of the bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks).
The name also appears as a surname and given name.
Montgomery County exists in several U.S. states, most notably in Maryland outside Washington, D.C.
Civil rights icon
- bus boycottOrganized refusal to ride
- MLKCivil rights initials
- KingMale hereditary ruler
- Selma march1960s voting rights demonstration
segregation · integration · First Baptist · NAACP · nonviolence · sit-ins · Jim Crow · desegregation
Wealth used for investment
- BirminghamMajor city, two continents
- MobileSouthern Alabama seaport
- HuntsvilleAlabama city, aerospace hub
- SelmaAlabama civil rights city
Tuskegee · Auburn · Tuscaloosa · Decatur · Gulf Coast · Black Belt · Dixie · Southern
Local administrative division
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- villageSmall rural community
- wardProtected person; division
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
Pennsylvania · Texas · Ohio · New York · street · avenue · boulevard · park
Rosa Parks
Civil rights icon
- bus boycottOrganized refusal to ride
- MLKCivil rights initials
- KingMale hereditary ruler
Selma march · segregation · integration · First Baptist · NAACP · nonviolence · sit-ins · Jim Crow · desegregation · voting rights
capital
Wealth used for investment
- BirminghamMajor city, two continents
- MobileSouthern Alabama seaport
- HuntsvilleAlabama city, aerospace hub
Selma · Tuskegee · Auburn · Tuscaloosa · Decatur · Gulf Coast · Black Belt · Dixie · Southern · Appalachian
county
Local administrative division
Maryland · Pennsylvania · Texas · Ohio · New York · street · avenue · boulevard · park · square
field marshal
Supreme army commander rank
World War II · commander · victory · desert · campaign · strategy · Rommel · Normandy · troops · North Africa
Maxwell
Scottish-origin given name
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- airmenMilitary aviation personnel
- baseSupporting bottom structure
training · aviation · squadron · command · personnel · deployment · installation · garrison
- AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama, Huntsville, Mobile, Auburn
- Maryland CountiesHoward, Frederick, Carroll, Charles, Calvert
- Alabama HistoryBirmingham, Selma, Martin Luther King Jr., statehood, Selma march
- British CommandersWellington, Kitchener, Marlborough, Cromwell, Alexander
- Field MarshalsRommel, Kitchener, Wellington, Alexander, Brooke
- WWII MediterraneanAfrika Korps, Rommel, Tobruk, Tunisia, North Africa
MontgomeryBirmingham
Major city, two continents
Selma · Atlanta · Little Rock · Memphis · Jackson
- Montgomery CountyMaryland county bordering Washington DC
- Montgomery bus boycott1955 Alabama transit protest
- L.M. Montgomery
- Montgomery boycottCivil rights transportation protest
- Montgomery Clift