Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Jubilee Rally

Monday, March 8, 2010

Jubilee Rally

Controversial civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves the Bridge Crossing Jubilee rally at Brown Chapel AME Church on Sunday afternoon.

Photograph by Christine Weerts

3 comments:

Kate said...: Selma is very important to many people!; March 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM
Lowell said...: Looks like a super celebration. I once wrote a story for Jesse Jackson's newspaper in Chicago back in the late 60s...; March 8, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Janet said...: Jacob, that comment sure does age you! :); March 8, 2010 at 8:05 PM

WELCOME!

Selma is among the oldest cities in Alabama and has the largest contiguous historic district. It is known for its Civil War and Civil Rights history. The Battle of Selma was one of the last fought in the War Between the States, and the town was a center for the Voting Rights Movement in the 1960s. Today, with a population of about 20,000, Selma is the largest town in the western Black Belt region. The Black Belt, named for the color of its soil, stretches across Central Alabama from Mississippi to Georgia.