Montgomery Day 5

Spent my day in a sleepy Montgomery city. The picture to the left is the main street in downtown Montgomery on Sunday. I was able to walk down the entire street and never run into a car. These people really take their day of rest seriously.
Started the day attending a church service at Dexter Baptist church, a very important church during the Civil Rights Movement as well as a church where MLK Jr. was the pastor. It was an incredibly welcoming community and a very lively group. It is said that if you do not believe segregation is still alive, look at America on a Sunday morning. "Unfortunately, most of the major denominations still practice segregation in local churches, hospitals, schools, and other church institutions. It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, the same hour when many are standing to sing: "In Christ There Is No East Nor West." ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, 1958. I was able to see this first hand today in many churches around Montgomery. After church I walked around a very vacant city taking pictures of the state capitol building and Civil Rights Monument. A sleepy but restful day in a very quiet town.