Here are the events scheduled for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, which commemorate the voting rights marches of 1965.
The life and work of civil rights attorney Fred Gray is being honored in Montgomery.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Sunday is biggest day of the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma. Thousands gathered in the city — for the grand finale of the four-day event — that focused primarily on voting rights. Jubilee festivities kicked off bright and early — with the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast at Wallace Community College Selma. “It’s…
Thousands of voting rights advocates rallied in Washington and across the country Saturday to call for sweeping protections against a further erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Congresswoman Terri Sewell announced the introduction of HR 4 — the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — Tuesday in Selma. Sewell hosted a press conference at the foot of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge — to make the announcement. She says more restrictive voter laws are being implemented around the country — so…
(AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File) SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Activists who gathered virtually and in-person to commemorate a pivotal day in the civil rights struggle that became known as Bloody Sunday have called on people to continue the fight for voting rights. They also honored giants of the civil rights movement who died last year. They are Congressman John Lewis, the…
