Jessie Parkhurst Guzman

Historical marker location:

1210 NW Chambliss Street, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

( Marker is on NW Chambliss Street south of West Montgomery Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2019

The Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail.

The state of Alabama played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was sparked by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus, took place in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. The city was also the site of the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, which were a key event in the struggle for voting rights for African Americans.