MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The last week of school means awards ceremonies, field days and more. For Laquanna Spriggs, this means end-of-the-year projects.
She teaches civics and geography at Johnnie Carr Middle School, a school named after a Civil Rights leader in Montgomery and a key figure in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Carr later led the Montgomery Improvement Association until her death in 2008. It was this rich history that got Spriggs to move to Montgomery from Greenville, Mississippi, a few years ago with her son, who is now 15 and in high school.
“Because it’s a historical city to me and I like history. I decided to move my son here, somewhere out of the area where we’re from,” Spriggs said. “So many movements started right here in Montgomery.”…