Birmingham civil rights national monument

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation's capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. The original march in 1963 drew as many as 250,000 people and helped till the ground for passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation in the next few years. Alabama came next.

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Magic City nearly $22 million to improve its ongoing urban trail project. Funding is part of DOT’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Grant Program.

A motel room once used by Martin Luther King Jr. to plan landmark civil rights protests is the centerpiece of a new national monument in Alabama.President…