From the West Alabama Newsroom– The National Voting Rights Museum in Selma — has been sharing the story of the Selma Voting Rights Movement since 1991. But now the museum is at risk — of closing it’s doors. Co-founder Hank Sanders says the museum is in bad financial shape. “If we don’t do something then the National Voting Rights Museum…
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 Juneteenth holiday — celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. But in the counties where the struggle for Voting Rights was fought — it means a whole lot more. The story of Juneteenth — is a story — about freedom. “And not just freedom from slavery but we’re talking about freedom period,”…
People in Selma are commending the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling against the Alabama’s congressional maps because they say they discriminated against Black voters.
President Joe Biden is set to pay tribute to the heroes of “Bloody Sunday,” joining thousands for the annual commemoration of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma.
A bill to create an “Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area” has won Congressional approval and now goes to President Biden for his signature.
Alabama News Network recently presented “Making History Today,” a 30-minute special to celebrate Black History Month. This special profiled many local people who are making a difference in their communities.
As thousands of people flock to Selma to remember the 1965 Bloody Sunday march and the struggle for voting rights, today’s voter turnout in Selma is sagging.
Today, the Black Voters Matters group is bringing its “Blackest Bus in America” event to Selma and Montgomery.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– President Joe Biden was the keynote speaker at the annual Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast in Selma. President Biden commemorated the struggle for voting rights in Selma — as a battle fought and won. “The blood of John Lewis and so many other brave and righteous souls that was spilled in Selma on this…
