2025 Bridge Crossing Jubilee: Schedule for March 3-9
Here are the events scheduled for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, which commemorate the voting rights marches of 1965.
This year’s Bridge Crossing Jubilee runs from Monday, March 3, through Sunday, March 9, in Selma. That will be followed by a march from Selma to Montgomery that will run from Monday, March 10, through Friday, March 14.
This is the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, when marchers were beaten and severely injured just across the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they tried to walk from Selma to Montgomery in support of voting rights. Later that month, marchers made a successful march and their efforts helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Here are some spotlighted events:
Monday, March 3–Friday, March 7
9:00am – 5:00pm
Kingian Nonviolence Training, Location: Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation, 8 Mulberry Rd. – 5-day training with Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Team. Fee: $300-2.5 days CORE $600 – Level 1 Certification, Free for Dallas County residents. For more information please email: trainings@selmacntr.org
Thursday, March 6
6:00pm -8:00pm
Mass Meeting: Tabernacle Baptist Church 1431 Broad Street
Friday, March 7
10:30am- 1:00pm
Children’s Sojourn/Youth Freedom March over the Edmund Pettus Bridge – Conversations with Foot Soldiers of ’65 and Freedomfest at Memorial Park (immediately after Youth March)
10:30am
50 Mile Peace Rally and Walk
12:00pm-2:00pm
Invisible Giants Conference, Location: Selma High School Auditorium 2180 Broad St.
4:00pm- 5:30pm
Mock Trial, Location: Dallas County Courthouse 105 Lauderdale St. Theme: The author of Project 2025 on trial for treason
Saturday, March 8
9:30am -10:30am
Jubilee Parade, Location: Begins at former Concordia College 1712 Broad St. ends at the National Rights Museum
10:45am – 11:15am
The Formerly Incarcerated People Movement “Backwards March” Theme: Heal the Movement. Begins at National Voting Rights Museum 6 U.S. Highway 80 E Contact: Rev. Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow (334) 791-9385
11:00am -1:00pm
Battle of the Bands: Location: National Voting Rights Museum Parking Lot, 6 U.S. Highway 80 East (immediately after Jubilee Parade
11:00am-6:00pm
Jubilee Street Festival: Water Ave. at foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge (in case of rain, event will move to former Concordia College)
2:00pm-4:00pm
Intergenerational Hip Hop Political Summit, Location: Selma Amphitheater – Guest speakers and performances from hip-hop artists including Love & Hip Hop Miami’s Fabo, and stories from Foot Soldiers of the Movement, Sponsored by Wallace Community College of Selma (WCCS), Transform Alabama and the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute
5:00pm-7:00pm
Mr. & Ms. Jubilee Pageant, Location: Selma High School 2180 Broad St. – Contact: Kay R. Robinson (843) 816-6283 0r (470) 884-3032 Entry Fee $25
7:00pm-10:00pm
Freedom Flame Awards Gala: Location: Carl C. Morgan Convention Center, 211 Washington Street. Tickets: $100 per person or $1500 per table. Honorees: Opal Lee, Robin Rue Simmons and others
Sunday, March 9
7:00am-9:30am
Martin & Coretta King Unity Breakfast, Location: Craig Field Airport, Hangar 251, Avenue J. Tickets: $100
Register Here: https://kingunitybreakfastselma.square.site/
10:00am-11:30am
Sunday Morning Services, Various Locations: Tabernacle Baptist Church, Clinton Chapel, Brown Chapel Church, First Baptist Church
11:00am-11:30am
Pre-March Rally, Location: Brown Chapel AME Church 410 Martin Luther King Street
12:00 pm -12:30pm
March to Restore Voting Rights, Location: The Foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Water Avenue
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Post March Rally, Foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Water Avenue. Speakers: TBD
2:00pm-6:00pm
60th Bridge Crossing Super Soul Sunday Benefit Concert, Location: Selma Amphitheater Featuring Winner of NBC’s “The Voice” Asher Havon
Monday, March 10-Friday March 14
Selma to Montgomery march – Location: Starting Monday at foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Water Avenue and ending Friday at the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery
COMPLETE LIST OF 2025 BRIDGE CROSSING JUBILEE EVENTS
