Historic Brown Chapel AME reopened its sanctuary for the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee on March 6. Todd and Cindy talk about the renovations over the last several years that closed the church for years and its reopening this year. The also talk about the history of its pulpit being the spot for leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. to push for civil rights equality. Brown Chapel also was the start of the march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Blood Sunday in 1965 that led to the Voting Rights Act being passed later that year. Check out this segment of the Black Belt Newscast.

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