News Featured Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee organizers plan to add security at future events in response to weekend shootings Cindy Fisher Mar 12, 2026 Organizers of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee say they will increase security at future events following two shootings last weekend during t…
News ‘I Was There’: Selma marcher discovers himself in historic 1965 Civil Rights photo Cindy Fisher Updated Mar 8, 2026 For six decades, Bobby Thomas knew he had been there.
News Featured Foot Soldiers Breakfast moves to RB Hudson where many veteran protesters started their activism Cindy Fisher Updated Mar 7, 2026 The annual Foot Soldiers Breakfast on Saturday – a reunion for alumni of the Selma civil rights movement – had a new location and new leadersh…
News Featured Civil rights leader Bernard LaFayette dies, days before being honored at Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee Cindy Fisher Updated 21 hrs ago Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who was scheduled to be honored at the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee this weekend, passed away on Thursday.
News Wreath laying ceremony to be held at SPLC's Civil Rights Memorial Center Nathan Prewett Mar 3, 2026 On March 5 the annual wreath laying ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) Civil Rights Memorial Center …
News Terri Sewell honors 'extraordinary' legacy of Jo Ann Bland on House floor Nathan Prewett Updated 21 hrs ago Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) made a brief speech on the floor of the House of Representatives to honor what she said was the "extraordinary life …
News Jubilee organizers announce Pritzker, Buttigieg as top speakers at Jubilee in March By Brad Fisher Updated Mar 5, 2026 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are two of the national leaders participating in the upcomin…
News Selma crime victims to attend gathering at state capitol organized by late Mark Myles Nathan Prewett Updated Feb 20, 2026 A group of Selma residents who are victims of crime will be present at a gathering at the Alabama State Capitol in an event that was organized…
News Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee 2026 theme unveiled: 'All Boots on the Bridge' Todd Prater Feb 13, 2026 The 2026 Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee theme was announced at a press conference on Friday at Songs of Selma Park, along with a list of honore…
News Selma Mayor, City Council honor John Solomon, Dr. Lynda Blackmon Lowery and Mark Myles By Brad Fisher Updated Jan 30, 2026 Selma Mayor Johnny Moss III and the Selma City Council honored a living legend in high school athletics, a foot soldier of the Civil Rights mo…
