State Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke speaks in Selma Clarke spoke at the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast at Wallace Community College Selma reflecting on the painful history of Bloody Sunday. StaffMarch 6, 2023
National Black Southern Women’s Collaborative members: “We too must resist” The BSWC was formed to support the organizing, ingenuity and prowess of Black women executive directors. StaffMarch 2, 2023
National Biden to visit Selma, speak at Bloody Sunday event The Bloody Sunday event will mark the president's third visit to the city. Josh MoonFebruary 28, 2023
State Report notes strengths, challenges in Alabama’s Black Belt The University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center report, the last in the series, focuses on local leaders in the Black Belt. Eddie BurkhalterApril 26, 2022
State Kamala Harris urges continued fight for voting rights at Bloody Sunday commemoration "If we all continue to work together, to march together, to fight together, we will secure the freedom to vote,” Harris said. Jacob HolmesMarch 7, 2022
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