Despite that, officials with the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma say this year’s event will go on as scheduled in early March. Jubilee organizers say — in light of the devastation left behind in the city from a recent tornado — the annual Voting Rights event — is needed now more than ever. The Bridge Crossing Jubilee commemorates Bloody Sunday — the Selma to Montgomery March — and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “We don’t need people just to come here and walk,” said Dallas Co. Probate Judge Jimmy Nunn. This year’s Bridge Crossing Jubilee is March 3-5.

Source: CNN January 20, 2023 01:15 UTC