New downtown Montgomery park pays tribute to Rosa Parks

Lower Dexter Park, located at 29 Dexter Avenue, is located on the site of the former Montgomery Fair building where Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress.

Lower Dexter Park, located at 29 Dexter Avenue, is located on the site of the former Montgomery Fair building where Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress.

A park, located in downtown Montgomery on the site of the department store where Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress, officially opened on Thursday with some special elements paying tribute to the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”

The pocket part, located between buildings at 29 Dexter Ave., has been designated Lower Dexter Park and…

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