60th Anniversary of Enactment of the Selma to Montgomery March to end with rally

MONTGOMERY, AL–The 60th Anniversary reenactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March concludes Friday with a Rally for Voting Rights on the steps of the Alabama Capitol at 11:00 a.m., featuring national leaders speaking where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic “How Long? Not Long!” speech to a crowd of more than 25,000 people…Two-dozen national leaders will be rallying the marchers at the Capitol, including SCLC National President & CEO DeMark Liggins, University of Wisconsin School for Workers Professor Dr. Ericka Wills, Black Voters Matter Co-Founder LaTosha Brown; and many more. They will be joined by Original Foot Soldiers who marched in1965 and leaders from across the state.

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Black Belt News Network | 60th Anniversary of Enactment of the Selma to Montgomery March to end with rally

Dr. Ericka Wills