Boy skating in the street in front of a public housing project on Smythe Curve in Montgomery, Alabama, during Christmas vacation.

Each day of the Christmas holiday, the city of Montgomery closed over forty one-block areas in neighborhoods, so children could safely play in the streets. The street closings were briefly mentioned on page 5 of The Southern Courier for January 8-9, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the AD...

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Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/8361
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Summary:Each day of the Christmas holiday, the city of Montgomery closed over forty one-block areas in neighborhoods, so children could safely play in the streets. The street closings were briefly mentioned on page 5 of The Southern Courier for January 8-9, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No02_1966_01_08.pdf