40th Anniversary of the historical Selma-to-Montgomery Re-enactment March [View All]

40th Anniversary of the historical Selma-to-Montgomery Re-enactment March

The SCLC and others prepare to celebrate the upcoming
40th Anniversary of the historical Selma-to-Montgomery Re-enactment March

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) will once again join the National Voting Rights Museum, and Montgomery Friends of the Historic Trail this year for the commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Re-enactment March.

Activities will commence in Selma on March 3, 2005 with Jubilee educational festivities to include marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 6, 2005 in commemoration of "Bloody Sunday." SCLC, who has coordinated the reenactment of the march every fifth anniversary since the 20th anniversary, will begin the reenactment of the 54 mile trek from Selma to Montgomery with stop-overs at historical landmarks along the trail. From March 7-11, 2005, people from around the country will reenact the 1965 march with stopovers at campsites in Selma, Lowndes County and Montgomery.

As marchers arrive in Montgomery, they will be welcomed on the grounds of St. Jude as those who marched before them in 1965 and will entertained by the likes of Sandy Patton and the Swiss Jazz Ensemble, George Washington Carver Elementary Choir, Alabama State University Gospel Choir, and Bobby Jackson, amongst others during the "Stars for Freedom Tribute."
All of the original1965 performers have been invited as honored guests, and local artists plan to play a tribute to the original musicians as they replicate the 1965 repertoire.

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Today, the March on Selma stands as a testament to the sacrifices made in the triumph to preserve the "right to vote" and a tribute to the thousands of people, from all nationalities and walks of life, who refused to turn back and step away from the opposition, but instead, preserved and brought about one of the most crucial enactments in American history, the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Link: http://sclcnational.org/net/content/item.aspx?s=21431.0.12.2607


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