The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP has announced its official schedule for the 2026 NAACP-sponsored Selma Jubilee Bridge Crossing Weekend ...

This year’s Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee will pay special tribute to the life and legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime figure in the civil rights move ...

Bland helped found the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute and later co-founded Foot Soldiers Park as a monument to ...

Salute Selma has announced two days of activities March 7-8 in Selma in honor of the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery March. This year's events are all scheduled in Selma, ...

Leaders, activists and residents in Selma are reflecting on the national figure’s deep ties to their movement.

The exhibit highlights a key moment in the civil rights movement where heavily armed police cracked down on peaceful protestors. Its organizers say it bears a striking similarity to the present.

She was also instrumental in the vision for the non-profit Foot Soldiers Park and Education Center, a group committed to ...

Joanne Bland, lifelong Civil Rights activist and founder of Selma's Foot Soldiers Park, dies ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Selma leaders say a major federal investment could mark a turning point for one of downtown’s most historic corridors. The City of Selma has been included in a federal spending ...

With 10 others from the Chicago Theological Seminary, Jackson safely sped his rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair the 700 miles. Burford followed in a Volkswagen bus full of students. They stopped in ...