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On Friday, February 23, the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC), a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Alabama State Office will host Selma the Musical: The Untold Stories at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre for one night only.
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The Montgomery Martin Luther King Committee will celebrate Martin Luther King Day by holding a parade in downtown Montgomery today. The 10th Annual MLK Classic Step Show will take place in Dothan tonight from 5 to 9. It features steppers from various college fraternities and sororities, and local youth groups.
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An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Junior mapped out the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches has been sold to a historical museum in Michigan. The structure will be moved to a site near Detroit for preservation.
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President Biden spoke to Selma and the nation during Alabama’s annual bridge crossing jubilee. The White House described the address as a way to re-focus on voting rights.
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The White House says President Biden will be heading to Alabama this Sunday to speak during an annual event linked to civil rights and voting rights.
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The 56th Annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee is planning for completely online programming this year. The event commemorates “Bloody Sunday,” the day in…
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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis has crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time as remembrances continue for the civil rights…
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TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis is being remembered in ceremonies in the rural Alabama county where his…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Calls are growing nationally to honor the late Rep. John Lewis by putting his name on the Alabama bridge where he and other voting…
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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where…