Here are the events scheduled for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, which commemorate the voting rights marches of 1965.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The 33rd Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is two weeks away. This year celebrates the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — the Selma to Montgomery March — and the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Jubilee organizers provided updates about the event — and announced some of the confirmed and invited guests — at a press…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Plans to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery march — are already underway in Selma. Even though the Bridge Crossing Jubilee isn’t until next year. “The Bridge Crossing Jubilee is the largest annual civil rights commemoration that there is,” said Co-Executive Director Ainka Jackson. “We have over 30 events…
Vice President Kamala Harris helped lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, in tribute to Bloody Sunday and the voting rights marches of 1965.
Harris will speak as part of the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” on the bridge where, on March 7, 1965, white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to cross.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The largest annual civil rights gathering in the country is just about two weeks away. The Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma kicks off on February 29th. And this year marks the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — and the Selma to Montgomery March. The theme is Return to the Bridge: Democracy and the Vote are…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Security was extremely tight around President Joe Biden during his visit to Selma during the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. But two Selma residents had a close encounter with the President. And neither of them was an elected official — or held a high-ranking position with a national organization. This picture taken during the annual Bridge Crossing…
Here is a look at President Biden and others helping to lead the reenactment of the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday.
Here is President Biden’s complete speech from the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma.
President Joe Biden spent part of his day in our area to attend the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, which marks the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
