Voices of Alabama: Dr. Richard Harris House

Meet Dr. Valda Harris Montgomery, family member from the Dr. Richard Harris House in Montgomery, Alabama, who provides her oral history of the site and its pivotal role in the African-American struggle for freedom.

Voices of Alabama documents the histories of 20 sites across Alabama that changed the world. Explore them all at VoicesofAlabama.org.

Images provided by: Alabama Department of Archives and History; Alabama Department of Archives and History, donated by Alabama Media Group, photo by Norman Dean, Birmingham News; Paul Schutzer, The LIFE Premium Collection, Getty Images; Harris family.