Stan the History Man Exclusive 🪶 In Montgomery, Alabama, the so-called “Father of Gynecology,” Dr. J. Marion Sims, built his fame on pain and cruelty. He experimented on enslaved Black women—Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey—without anesthesia, even though it was available. He claimed Black women didn’t feel pain like white women. While the world praised him as a hero, those women screamed through his surgeries, treated as less than human. Montgomery is remembered for the Bus Boycott, but this horror h

5.1K views · 733 reactions | Montgomery, Alabama’s first black mayor, Steven Reed, took office today. This historic moment for the city, which served as the first capital of the pro-slavery Confederacy, comes after its long, violent history of lynchings & systemic racism toward African Americans. | POLITICO | Facebook

30K views · 1.5K reactions | Montgomery, Alabama, once known as the cradle of the Confederacy and later the birthplace of the civil rights movement, has elected Steven Reed as its first African American mayor in the city's 200-year history. https://abcn.ws/2IAIX4y | ABC News | Facebook

MONTGOMERY CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 – 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL AUDITORIUM Prayer by Councillor Ed Grimes or guest Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Message Special Committee Reports Public Communications on Agenda Items (To address the Council during this time, the Roster must be signed before meeting begins indicating agenda item number to be discussed. NEW BUSINESS 1. Ordinance to Levy a Local Excise Tax and Require Business Licenses for the Sale of Consumable Vapor Products in the Corporate