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Here's what's happening during the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee this weekend
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThousands of people gather in Selma every year to commemorate the fight for Black voting rights and...
'The power of ordinary Americans': Remembering Selma foot soldier George Sallie
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRain fell in Selma on Saturday, Jan. 27 — the day that hundreds of people honored the legacy of...
'Selma was a reckoning': Biden marks voting rights anniversary in Alabama
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that the Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived to Selma...
Selma the Musical: City's untold stories find new life on the stage
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt was a mere 59 years ago that thousands stood up to oppression and marched from Selma for the...
Renovations to Selma center bring back memories of Bloody Sunday
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHelen Brooks and Alice Moore did not know each other when they marched for voting rights on Bloody...
Commentary: Walking toward justice on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis column appears every other week in Foster’s Daily Democrat and the Tuskegee News. This week Guy...
In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes...
Former UNF professor: Florida on wrong side of history as college diversity studies killed
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI finally got to check off an item on my bucket list recently when I joined about 1,000 folks for...
Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers' voices ring out for voting rights
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVice President Kamala Harris told thousands gathered for the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday...
In Selma, Kamala Harris says personal freedoms are under attack
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVice President Kamala Harris called for new efforts to protect voting and reproductive rights and...