Starting tomorrow!

 

Tens of Thousands Expected to Attend

The 2024 Bridge Crossing Jubilee: 

The Jubilee has Something for Everyone!

 

The Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee features dozens and dozens of events beginning on Monday, February 26^th and running through Sunday, March 3^rd.  There is something for everyone at this year’s Jubilee!  The working kickoff of the Jubilee are Kingian Nonviolence Seminars at the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation led by Civil Rights Legend Dr. Bernard Lafayette. These seminars are open to the public and run from Monday, February 26^th, through Thursday, March 1^st, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. 

 

The ceremonial kickoff of the Jubilee is the Old Fashioned Mass Meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church on Thursday, February 29^th, at 7:00 p.m. Dr. David Peoples, President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, is the keynote speaker at the Mass Meeting at Tabernacle, the site of the original Mass Meetings. Dr. Peoples will also be participating with other ministers at the Ministers of Justice Roundtable earlier that day at Tabernacle at 1:00 p.m. The Voting Rights History Bowl takes place at Tipton Middle School from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. that same day.

 

There will be Education Summits on Thursday, March 1^st, and on Friday, March 2^nd, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day at Wallace Community College Selma. These and most other events are also free to the public.  The Mock Trial at the Dallas County Courthouse, an annual favorite for many, is Friday, March 2^nd, from 4:00 to 6;00 p.m. Each year the public participates on juries. 

 

The Original Foot Soldiers share their stories at the Annual Foot Soldier Breakfast on Saturday, March 2^nd. at 8:00 a.m. at Selma High School. This is a truly special event with living history being shared and the public encouraged to attend. This year’s Freedom Flame Awards take place later that day at 7:00 p.m. at Selma High School. One of the award recipients is one of “The Tennessee Three,” Tennessee State Representative Gloria Johnson.

 

The Martin & Coretta King Unity Breakfast kicks off the events of Bloody Sunday on March 3^rd. The Unity Breakfast is from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. at Wallace Community College Selma.  There will be numerous national Civil Rights Speakers. Those receiving Unity Awards this year include four of the original Freedom Singers and Maria Diarra Keita of Mali, West Africa as well as Hosea Williams, whose daughter will be accepting the award for him posthumously. More information will be released as it develops.