SOS will sponsor commemorate the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act with an event featuring free food and basketballs for the kids at the Selma National Voting Rights Museum and Institute on Aug. 6.
SOS will sponsor commemorate the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act with an event featuring free food and basketballs for the kids at the Selma National Voting Rights Museum and Institute on Aug. 6.
A local civil rights group is commemorating the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6 at the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma.
The event, sponsored by SOS – the Save Ourselves Movement for Justice and Democracy, will feature free food and free basketballs for kids who attend. The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. at the Museum located at 6 US 80 East in Selma on the Montgomery side of the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Aug. 6 is the 59th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s signing this landmark piece of legislation into law. “Selma played a crucial role in the Movement that brought about the 1965 Voting Rights Act and is a worldwide symbol for struggles for the right to vote,” an announcement from SOS said.
Leaders of national organizations have been invited to participate. Southern Christian Leadership National President and CEO Charles Steele and others with SCLC are scheduled to attend. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell has been invited, as has the Democratic nominee for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, Shomari Figures, according to the announcement.
Free basketballs are provided by North Star Beloved Community Corporation in conjunction with Kay Doherty and Sharing, Inc.
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