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Air University Public Affairs / Published June 03, 2021 The school marquee outside of Maxwell Elementary/Middle School on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jackson Manske) ); $slider .carouFredSel({ auto: false, responsive: true, swipe: { onTouch: true, onMouse: false }, prev: $wrap.find(.pager-left), next: $wra...

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Air Force and Montgomery leaders honored Rosa Parks with a memorialization ceremony on Maxwell Air Force Base, Dec. 1, the 65th anniversary of Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett; Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed; Col. Eries Mentzer, 42nd Air Base Wing commander; Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative founder and director; and several other dignitaries were on hand for the unveiling of...