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

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


Is anyone planning on going to this? Does anyone have any more information on this event?

It's not the 40th anniversary of a "re-enactment" - it's the 40th anniversary of the original march, isn't it?

It depends on how you read it. :)

Yeah, I think it is a re-enactment of the original march.

himself to be photographed with all the people.

(the ones who actually are racists) to read what they want to into is vague pronunciations and speeches. A picture could ruin the 'code talking'.

IMHO:shrug:

this is the group that fought for their Voting Rights in Ohio this winter and rode a bus to D.C. for the Electoral Vote Challenge on January 6.

Need to raise bout $5K for the bus to from OH to Selma. If anybody can help, please PM me and I will put you in touch with the Freedom Winter Organizer who is working on this!

Thanks in advance to anybody who can help...

If anyone contacts the organizers, you might suggest this.

...to get Democrats interested in participating in this event in a BIG way to push for the unfinished work of the Voting Rights Act.

Also, I've started a letter-writing campaign to Oprah to educate the public on the 40th anniversary of the march and Voting Rights Act of 1965. If our president is "unfamiliar" with the Act, then there are probably many Americans equally unfamiliar.