Dr. Lynda Blackmon Lowery – Photo from Foot Soldiers Park, Selma, Alabama Dr. Lynda Blackmon Lowery is being remembered in Selma for her lifetime of dedication to the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Lowery died on Christmas Eve at the age of 75. She is remembered as a Selma foot soldier, Bloody Sunday survivor, author, educator and mental health professional. Dr….
As part of the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Mount Zion AME Zion Church held a preview of its Memorial Annex, which preserves the site that played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Montgomery to commemorate the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march.
People from across the country spent the weekend in Montgomery to mark the 60th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights.
The City of Montgomery has several events planned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march of 1965.
About 50 people who want to retrace the steps of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march of 1965 have set off on their own journey.
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…
The City of Montgomery has been awarded $36.6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail.
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…
Among Harry Belafonte’s achievements was performing with other stars during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march.
