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Alabama News From the West Alabama Newsroom– A historic church in Selma is commemorating the anniversary of the first mass meeting of the Voting Rights Movement. In addition to honoring some of the foot soldiers. Tabernacle Baptist Church stepped into history 58 years ago when it held the very first mass meeting of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. “The first mass meeting was May 14th, 1963,” said Dr. Verdell Dawson. The church is having a program to commemorating the day Thursday evening at 6:30. “The purpose of this is to tell the untold story of Tabernacle and the contributions that Tabernacle made to the Voting Rights Movement,” said Dawson. ....
Alabama News Updated: Members of the Selma community are honoring teachers ahead of National Teacher Appreciation Week. Teachers are being honored for their work during the pandemic and for their role in shaping history. Historic Brown Chapel AME Church and two local eateries teamed-up to provide gift bags for more than a hundred teachers. The bags were delivered to teachers at R. B. Hudson Steam Academy and Clark Elementary School Thursday morning. “We just want to recognize and respect what they historically down across the years but also for what they’re doing right now,” said Rev. Leodis Strong. Teachers at both schools played a vital role in the Selma Voting Rights Movement. ....
Biker crew gathers in Selma for Bloody Sunday commemoration honoring late Rep. John Lewis and civil rights giants brutally beaten in 1965 after Biden marked 56th anniversary by signing executive order to make voting easier Bikers with the RedLiners Motorcycle Club from Atlanta gathered in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee marks the 56th anniversary of the day law enforcement officers brutally beat civil rights marchers on the bridge This year was the first without civil rights icons Rep. John Lewis, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and attorney Bruce Boynton, who all died in 2020 ....
Today. the daughter of martin luther king junior and former governor george wall as mark today s 50th anniversary to the selma voting rights. and medal of honor day. nearly 3500 earned that distinction, including our very own msnbc analyst colonel jack jacobs. i was always scared in combat. when i wasn t in combat i was scared i would soon be in combat. all of us know the essence of bravery is overcoming fear doing what you do. anybody who tells you he was in combat and wasn t scared at some point is either lying or psychotic, or maybe a lying psycho, it is possible he may be both. ....