Alabama Historical Tours

We can arrange tours for large and small groups. Walking Tours. Explore an area at a leisurely pace and absorb the atmosphere as you learn Bus Tours. If you need to save time or cover more distance, we can work with your group to host large groups at multiple locations.

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Tours

Favorite, Hard-to-Find Places We can set up a tour that will enrich your visit to Alabama. Trust us for a unique tour experience! More.

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Schools, Reunions, Events We can arrange tours for large and small groups. We will customize a tour to your needs and even help arrange transportation.

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Testimonials

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Four old Montgomery friends recently went on a 2-hour tour of Montgomery with Dr. Richard Bailey, Pres. Of Alabama Historical Association. We gained insight, knowledge, perspective while we were enthralled in and by his factual stories and encounters in Montgomery. We saw Montgomery from a broader view, both physically and intellectually. He is a treasure and his tours are, also.

Elizabeth Cooper

★★★★★

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I read about Richard Bailey giving tours on AL.com. I scheduled a 2.5 hour tour for 4 people in October, 2024. All four of us were spellbound by Dr. Bailey's knowledge and enthusiasm for us learning about Civil Rights in Montgomery. He gave us detailed information (who sat where during the Rosa Parks trial), and never failed to give us the date, as he explained the answer to any question we asked. He introduced us to people and places you will never find on a conventional tour. His depth of knowledge is outstanding. Highly recommend his services!

Ronald Bush

★★★★★

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Richard Bailey was incredibly knowledgeable on the history of the Ben Moore Hotel and the wider history of the Black community within Montgomery, the civil rights act, its leaders and African American struggles at the time. He was a pleasure to work with and brought a professional and great attitude.

Rory Kaufhold

★★★★★

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Mostly visited

Street signs reading "Will Parks" and "W. J. F. Davis" at a residential intersection.

The intersection of West Jeff Davis and Rosa L. Parks avenues has modern problems.


People from out of town comment on it or see it as an ironic geographic statement — the Civil War meeting the civil rights movement on a street corner. A recent Associated Press story about Montgomery called the intersection of Rosa L. Parks Avenue and West Jeff Davis Avenue “one of the city’s great ironies.”

Former slave Horace King built the spiral staircase at the state capitol and represented Russell County twice in the Alabama Reconstruction legislature.

He was Alabama’s master bridge builder, but former slave Horace King may have combined his talent with Prattville industrialist Daniel Pratt on other projects.

Marker Tells Stories of Slave Trade, Freedom


Richard Bailey unveiled the marker on New Year’s Day January 2002


A historic marker unveiled in the town square on Dexter Tuesday took a crowd of Montgomerians back to more than a century ago. Marker is located across the street from your Commerce Street office.


The planting of the new marker at Court Square Fountain nurtures two stories: One side designates the location of the city’s slave market. Its flipside denotes the 1866 parade to mark the first time Alabamians had the opportunity to observe the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Historic Area looks to Return to Past Glory

By Robin Bradley Litchfield, Montgomery Advertiser


Drive through the neighborhood along Rosa L. Parks Avenue, and you’ll catch a glimpse every now and then of what was one of Montgomery’s most prominent areas for African Americans from the 1940s to the early ’70s.

Books by Dr. Bailey

Learn more about Alabama history with these books:

  • They Too Call Alabama Home
  • Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags
  • Richard Bailey Speaks at Charles Oscar Harris Historic Marker Unveiling, April 27, 2019