Nevertheless, Montgomery has stated courageously and wisely the crisis of the Western world.

The Alabama River has three lock and dams between Montgomery and the Mobile River.

:* Montgomery, Ohio has a celebration with wine, beer, local restaurants ' fare, pastries, games and bands.

The painting, which was inspired by the Montgomery Bus Boycott, has come to represent " the surge of energy among African Americans to organize in their struggle for full equality.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

However, Michael Montgomery, in From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English, states " In Ulster in recent years it has sometimes been supposed that it was coined to refer to followers of King William III and brought to America by early Ulster emigrants …, but this derivation is almost certainly incorrect … In America hillbilly was first attested only in 1898, which suggests a later, independent development.

** A United States federal judge rules that SCLC has the lawful right to march to Montgomery, Alabama to petition for ' redress of grievances '.

The city also has several upscale regional shopping centers and is one of the major retail hubs in Montgomery County.

In addition to housing many Alabama government agencies, Montgomery has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base ; public universities Alabama State University, Troy University ( Montgomery campus ), and Auburn University at Montgomery ; private colleges / universities Faulkner University and Huntingdon College ; high-tech manufacturing, including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama ; and cultural attractions such as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.

In recent years, Montgomery has grown and diversified its economy.

Montgomery has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with short, mild winters, warm springs and autumns, and long, hot, humid summers.

Due to its location along the Alabama River and extensive rail connections, Montgomery has and continues to be a regional distribution hub for a wide range of industries.

Montgomery Zoo, one of only two AZA-accredited zoos in Alabama, has over 500 animals in of barrier-free habitats.

The Symphony has been performing in Montgomery since 1979.

In addition to being the launching point of Hank Williams Sr .’ s career, and the birthplace of Nat King Cole, Clarence Carter, and Tommy Shaw, Montgomery has also seen a few of its rock bands achieve national success in recent years.

Montgomery has many active civic organizations including a number of organizations focused on diversity relations and the city's rich civil rights history.

Montgomery has been the home of Alabama State University, a historically black university, since the Lincoln Normal University for Teachers relocated from Marion in 1887.

Montgomery also is home to several private colleges: Faulkner University, which has an enrollment of 3, 500, is a Church of Christ-affiliated school ; Huntingdon College, which has a current student population of 1, 000 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church ; Virginia College and Amridge University.

Montgomery has one sister city:

Montgomery County lies in a region of well-developed karst topography and has a cave system named Dunbar Cave.

" Montgomery reinforced the long front line at El Alamein, something that would take two months to accomplish.

Montgomery County's first courthouse was ordered on June 28, 1823, to be made " of good hewed logs ... to be twenty-six feet long ; two stories high, lower story nine feet from floor to joist ; upper to be seven feet to roof ".

Since the Second World War, housing developments, shopping centers and business parks have sprung up, leaving as remnants of the long tradition of agriculture in Montgomery roadside stands, riding stables and the like.

Montgomery and Eisenhower had long been debating the merits of a broad front attack strategy versus concentrating power in one area and punching through German lines.

During the 1950s, the New Jersey State Highway Department released plans to construct the Princeton – Hightstown Bypass, a long, four-lane freeway connecting U. S. Route 206 in the Montgomery Township community of Skillman to Route 33 in East Windsor Township.

Anne Clifford, countess of Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery ( 1590-1676 ), spent much of her life in a long and complex legal battle to obtain the rights of her inheritance.

Montgomery began her long journalism profession as a cub reporter for Waco-News-Tribune while receiving her education at Baylor University ( 1930 – 1935 ).

In 1962, “ Once There was a Nun: Mary McCarran's Years as Sister Mary Mercy ” was published and thus began Montgomery ’ s long career as a non-fiction author.

Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Thelonious Monk.

The Giroies had long held the castle until, as punishment for their rebellion in the 1060s, William the Conqueror gave this castle and other Giroie lands to Roger de Montgomery, who as a member of the Bellême family was also considered their nemesis.

So long as she stayed on campus, she could avoid interacting with white people, but weekend trips into Montgomery, the nearest city, would try her patience.

The term " direct marketing " was coined long after Montgomery Ward's time.

The South Fork, approximately 20 mi ( 30 km ) long, rises in several streams in the mountains on the border of Floyd, Roanoke, and Montgomery counties and flows generally north, joining the North Fork from the south.

Originally only meant to be written in for a short stint, the character became integral in a plotline where Mary revealed that Jackson Montgomery was Greenlee's natural father, making her the latest in the long line of rivals for that show's reigning queen, Erica Kane.

Figuring " Tammy Montgomery " was too long of a name to put on a single, Gordy changed it to " Tammi Terrell ".

An FBI affidavit states that Montgomery confessed to the crime not long after she was in custody.

An eight-hour long trial was held in Montgomery County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

The term " direct marketing " was coined long after Montgomery Ward ` s time.

The slight similarity of his name to that of the Simpsons character C. Montgomery Burns is purely coincidental, as the character had been created long before Burns joined the show.

The namesake is a square of about 200 feet long at the foot of Montgomery Street at the Hudson River which was created by landfilling of the shore at Paulus Hook and has been major transportation hub since the colonial era.

After a long period of study, the Diocese of the Central Gulf coast was created in 1970 out of the lower third of Alabama ( below Montgomery ) and the Florida panhandle.