National Kamala Harris to speak Sunday in Selma on Bloody Sunday anniversary Harris is to be joined in Selma by several officials from President Joe Biden's administration. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 2, 2022
State Sharpton to deliver keynote sermon honoring “Bloody Sunday” march The Selma to Montgomery marches helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. StaffMarch 1, 2022
National Vice President Kamala Harris remarks on 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” "Friends, there is no cause more righteous than the right to vote," the vice president said. Eddie BurkhalterMarch 8, 2021
Local news Selma names March 15 as F.D. Reese Day Frederick D. Reese, a prominent civil rights leader, was and remains one of Selma’s most celebrated community members. John H. GlennFebruary 16, 2021
National Civil rights leader Bruce Boynton dies at 83 The Dallas County Courthouse Annex will be renamed in honor of Boynton and fellow Civil Rights Movement leader J.L. Chestnut. Brandon MoseleyNovember 25, 2020
Featured Opinion Opinion | John Lewis, the giant “I thought you would be taller.” Those words, embarrassingly enough, were the first I said to Rep. John Lewis. This was five years ago,... Josh MoonJuly 20, 2020
News Push to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge gains steam, but Selma activists want their say The latest effort to rename the bridge is gaining momentum, with a petition surpassing 300,000 signatures, but residents of Selma are saying not so... Micah DanneyJuly 6, 2020
Featured Opinion Opinion | Who will stand and lead? Alabama is beset by a worldwide pandemic, economic collapse and a growing cry for social justice for its black citizens. Anyone of these crises... Bill BrittJune 17, 2020
Elections Democratic presidential candidates visit Selma for 55th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” About halfway through Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s speech at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma on Sunday, a man stood and turned his... Eddie BurkhalterMarch 2, 2020
Elections Biden wins South Carolina, focuses on Alabama next Saturday, as he had predicted all along, former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won a decisive victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary. Biden... Brandon MoseleyMarch 2, 2020