Bridge Crossing Jubilee schedule for next week released

The schedule for the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee next week has been set. 

Festivities will start on March 3 and will continue through March 6 with over 30 events. This year’s theme is Return to the Bridge; Fight for the Vote.

Here is the schedule of this year’s Jubilee activities:

Thursday, March 3

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Mass Meeting, Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1431 Broad St. Speakers: TBA

Friday, March 4

6:30 a.m. Jubilee Golf Tournament, Valley Grande Golf Course, 1009 Warrior Dr., Valley Grande, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Dr. Leroy Maxwell, 334-412-8090, Fee: $50

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Education Summit: Theme: TBA, Dallas County Courthouse and Virtual Zoom Sessions Presenters: TBA

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Children’s Sojourn, Virtual Sessions. Fee: $7

3 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Induction in Legal Guardians Hall of Fame, (NVRM) 6 Hwy 80 East, Inductees: TBA

3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Induction into the Women’s Hall of Fame, NVRM, 6 Hwy 80 East Inductees: TBA

5 p.m. – 7p.m. Mock Trial, Dallas County Courthouse, 105 Lauderdale St. Expert Witnesses: Texas Southern Law School Students. Whether the ban on critical race theory (Black history) is in violation of the 14th Amendment

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Public Conversation, Dallas County Courthouse, 105 Lauderdale St. Speakers: TBA

Saturday, March 5

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8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Foot Soldiers Breakfast, Selma Amphitheater, Tickets: $5

8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Jubilee Parade begins at Concordia College, 2180 Broad St. to Edmund Pettus Bridge on Water Avenue.

9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Intergenerational Summit, Selma Amphitheater Guests: TBA

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Various workshops (see workshop schedule) Virtual Zoom Platform

11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Jubilee Street Festival (Blues, Gospel, Hip Hop, R&B), Water Avenue at the foot of the Pettus Bridge

7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Freedom Flame Awards Gala, Selma Amphitheater. Honorees: TBA, Tickets: $50 (per person) $450 (per table) Performance by: TBA

Sunday, March 6

7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast, WCCS, 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway. Tickets: $25

10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday Morning Services, various churches in Selma – Tabernacle Baptist Church, Clinton Chapel, Brown Chapel Church, First Baptist Church

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Pre-march rally, Brown Chapel AME Church, 410 Martin Luther King St.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Reenactment of “Bloody Sunday” march starting from Brown Chapel over Edmund Pettus Bridge

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Post-march rally, foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge

4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Post-march gospel concert: Gospel tribute to foot soldiers, gospel: Foot of the Pettus Bridge, Tickets: $10 donation

This is the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the Selma-to-Montgomery March.