Selma: A Bicentennial HistoryAuthor: Alston Fitts IIIPublisher: University of Alabama PressPages: 360$39.95 (Cloth)Alston Fitts, originally from, MARION, Ala. (AP) As the 55th anniversary of the civil rights clash known as Bloody Sunday approaches, townspeople in Alabama want to remind the world, Alabama Public Radio | Dr. William J. Barber II, president & senior lecturer, Repairers of the Breach, Tafeni English, director, SPLC Civil Rights Memorial Center, Nina Turner, Ohio U.S. congressional candidate, activist and politician, Dr. Sekou Franklin, associate professor, Political Science and International Relations, Middle Tennessee State University, LaTosha Brown, co-founder, Black Voters Matter, Terra Foster, executive director, Alabama NAACP and Alabama House of Representatives District 33 Candidate, Reverend James Lawson, civil and human rights activist, university professor, and strategist, Dr. Joyce E. King, Benjamin E. Mays endowed chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Georgia State University, Elizabeth A. Davis, president, Washington Teachers Union, William White, social emotional learning specialist and a teacher coach, Kennard Randolph, CEO, Selma Housing Authority, Dr. Keith D. Parker, founder + CEO | National Education and Empowerment Coalition, Inc. and professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, FAMU, Anthony Brock, Montgomery head of school and co-founder, Valiant Cross AcademyLenice C. Emanuel, MLA, executive director, Alabama Institute for Social Justice, Ana Delia Espino, executive director, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ), Isabel Rubio, executive director, Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (HICA), Karissa Lewis, national field director, Movement for Black Lives, Dr. Mary Elizabeth King, director, James Lawson Institute, Kazu Haga, founder and coordinator, East Point Peace Academy, Registration is FREE, but thats not all. There was an error processing your request. Alabama Public Radio | The Bridge Crossing Jubilee has resumed its annual series of programs, including celebrations honoring the civil rights foot soldiers who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, voter education programs, concerts, and its traditional street festival. SNCC, SCLC, national churches and religious organizations, civil rights and labor organizations, and stars of the Movement supported the Alabama Voting Rights Movement. Designed by. Stepping for Justice StepShow . Accommodations. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. 05, 2022, 8:21 a.m. Marchers walk across. Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will be held on March 3-6, 2022. This year's jubilee occurred amid the most fervent, widespread attack on voting rights since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ars shares why he keeps coming back to Selma for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. They walked six blocks to the Edmund Pettus Bridge and were met by state troopers, tear gas and brutal beatings. Civil rights activists will continue walking to Montgomery after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the comfy rooms . FairsandFestivals.net, Email COVID count: Dallas County cases - Selma Sun Newspaper - Facebook Have the latest local news delivered every afternoon so you don't miss out on updates. Obama will be joined by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga, who was among the marchers on that day. DONATE NOW. All of us will need to feel, as they did, the fierce urgency of now. But its the building a block and a half over that were here to talk about.
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