“An All-Star Salute to Selma” Set for Bridge Crossing Jubilee On Sunday, March 8
(Selma, AL - February 10, 2015) -- “An All-Star Salute to Selma” docu-concert featuring well-known gospel and R&B artists will culminate nearly a week of activities commemorating the 50th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" on Sunday,...
Non-Partisan Voter Education Forum Set for April 8
The Upsilon Eta Omega (UEO) Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Inc. connects with the Magic City Bar Association (MCBA) and the League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham (LWVGB) to host a...
Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival in Birmingham Aug. 23-24
Birmingham, AL (July 22, 2014) - The two-day TASTE OF 4TH AVENUE JAZZ FESTIVAL returns to downtown Birmingham’s Historic 4th Avenue District Downtown on August 23rd-24th with its soulful sampling of local and national...
Stars Fall on Alabama This Weekend for Selma50
Current and former heads of state, policymakers, civil rights leaders and entertainers are in Selma or making their way there to attend star-studded events in honor of the 50th Anniversary of historic events chronicled...
Obama Returns to Alabama As President for Selma50 Anniversary
The former Senator from Chicago, IL, who crossed Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge as a presidential candidate in March 2007 will return to Alabama in March 2015 as the sitting 44th President of the United...
Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee Set for March 6-10
The Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which commemorates the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, will take place March 6-10, 2014, in Selma, AL.
The 49th...
Montgomery Announces City Events in Selma50 Anniversary
MONTGOMERY – City, county and community leaders in Alabama's capital hosted a media briefing Thursday to update the public on plans for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March.
"Today, we want...
Selma50 Workshops Focus on Today’s Civil Rights Issues
The annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is more than a commemoration of "Bloody Sunday" and the movement for voting rights 50 years ago. Its activities reflect the on-going nature of the Freedom Movement.
A host of...
Selma Jubilee Youth Summit Turns Up Issues Facing NextGen Leaders
An extraordinary group of nationally and internationally renowned next-generation leaders and veterans of the voting rights movement will convene for Selma50 to discuss the past and set a course to tackle modern-day civil rights...
Obama’s Selma Speech To Invoke Continuing Obligation to the Freedom Struggle
Later this week President Barack Obama will likely invoke America's civil rights struggles from past to present during his visit to Selma on Saturday.
The nation's first Black president plans a speech from the Edmund...
