Here are the events scheduled for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, which commemorate the voting rights marches of 1965.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in Marion are commemorating the historic events that happened in their hometown 60 years ago — events that would eventually lead to Bloody Sunday — the Selma to Montgomery march — and the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights martyr Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot by a state trooper on February 18th,…
Alabama’s congressional district map is the subject of a federal trial to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative.
A portion of a new Alabama law limiting help with absentee ballot applications will remain blocked, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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.
