The 55th Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is underway in Selma. This annual event remembers Bloody Sunday and celebrates civil rights history. Bloody Sunday happened on March 7, 1965. That’s when hundreds of people marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to call for equal voting rights. They were met by dozens of Alabama State Troopers who beat them. That…
Local law enforcement is gearing up for the largest civil rights commemoration in the world, the 55th anniversary of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. “We want them to know that we’re going to do everything possible to make sure this weekend is a safe weekend for them so they can come out and enjoy,” said Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford. Fulford…
Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is scheduled to be in Selma on Sunday, which will mark the 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Former State Sen. Hank Sanders says Warren will take part in the Historical Selma Presidential Forum on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at Wallace Community College Selma. Sanders says the event is the first-ever presidential forum to be…
Presidential Candidates Corey Booker and Bernie Sanders were among the high ranking officials at the breakfast Sunday. Fifty four years after bloody Sunday, voting rights and voter suppression were the hot topics. Reverend Jesse Jackson says that Selma should not be used as an annual prop. He says Selma presents an opportunity for rural reconstruction. Former Secretary of State and…
The four-day Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma included the annual Freedom Flame Awards Gala, which puts the spotlight on several people for their work in advancing the cause of civil rights. At the event Saturday Night at the Convention Center in Selma, Susan Taylor, Lillian Gregory, Gwen Carr, Lynda Lowery and Yusef Salaam received recognition for their contributions to the movement….
The four-day Bridge Crossing Jubilee included the Music and Street Festival, which was held on Water Avenue near the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Saturday afternoon. This event brings out people of all ages, and followed the parade that began from the Concordia College property in the morning. Dozens of vendors were out selling food, clothes and cultural…
Thousands of people and even some 2020 presidential candidates will be in Selma this weekend for the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The event is in remembrance of the Bloody Sunday March of 1965 and a celebration of the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Here is a list of events: FRIDAY: Children’s Sojourn School of Discovery 400 Washington Steet 9:00…
Organizers of the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma have announced the names of more people who will be coming to this year’s event from across the country. The list includes potential 2020 presidential candidates. “We expect five or six presidential candidates, a number of national civil rights leaders as well as other national leaders,” former state senator and organizer…
The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady will be in Selma for the bridge crossing jubilee. She will participate in jubilee activities, but more importantly she will be there to voice her support for the Lift Our Vote 2020 initiative. The initiative is aimed at having every American that can vote to be registered and at the…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– There was a bit of confusion Monday morning in Selma surrounding the event that usually wraps up the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. For the first time in years the traditional Slow Ride to the Capital — wasn’t scheduled. During the Slow Ride foot soldiers of the movement share their stories with students during a bus…
