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…
The annual Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast is a highlight for many people during the Jubilee, and it features national and international leaders as speakers.
FILE – In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/File) The Martin & Coretta King Unity Breakfast in Selma is one of the few in-person events to mark the…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The annual Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast in Selma — will include a special feature this year — that will recognize four notable civil rights leaders. It was announced last week — that this year — the Unity Breakfast — would be a drive-in event. It’ll take place in the parking lot at Wallace…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– One of the major events of the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee — will be go on this year despite the pandemic. The Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast — will be a drive-in event this year. The event will take place in the parking lot of Wallace Community College Selma — instead of the gym….
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…
