The Montgomery Improvement Association was an organization formed on December 5, 1955, by black ministers and community leaders in Montgomery, Alabama. Under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy, Martin
Mount Zion AME Church in Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery Improvement Association flyer advocating for bus desegregation
Robert Sylvester Graetz Jr. was a Lutheran clergyman who, as the white pastor of a black congregation in Montgomery, Alabama, openly supported the Montgomery bus boycott, a landmark event of the civil