Selma — Montgomery 40th Commemoration
March 3 — March 24

Flyer

Thursday, March 3, 2005

5.30pm - 7.00pm: SCLC Presidential reception (For Martin Luther King III, Charles Steele, Dr. Joseph Lowery & Fred Shuttlesworth) @ Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders
Slavery & Civil War Museum (SCWM) — Civil War side located at 1410 Water Ave.

7.00pm - 9.00pm: Mass Meeting in tribute to Samuel Boynton (Key speakers: Dr. Joseph Lowery, Dr. F.D. Reese)
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1431 Broad St.

Friday, March 4

9.00am - 2.00pm: Invisible Giants Conference, $5.00
Men — Selma University, 1501 Lapsley St.
Women — Selma High School 2180 Broad St.

9.00am - 2.00pm: Children's Sojourn, $5.00
SCWM, 1410 Water Ave, School of Discovery 400 Washington St.

3.00pm: Induction — Women's Hall of Fame
National Voting Rights Museum (NVRM) 1012 Water Ave.

3.45pm: Induction — Legal Guardians
NVRM 1012 Water Ave.

7.00pm - 9.00pm: High School Stepping Out on the Vote Stepshow & Ms. Jubilee Pageant (Admission $5.00)
Pickard Auditorium, School of Discovery, 400 Washington St.

7.00pm - 9.00pm: Mock Trial with Judge Joe Brown
Dallas County Courthouse, Alabama Black Belt Bar Association 2nd Floor Court Room

9.00 - Midnight: Movement Veterans hospitality suite.
Ramada Inn, Hiway 80 west.

Saturday, March 5

8.45am: Remembering the Martyrs — Libations on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

9.00am - 10.30am: Jubilee Parade-Line up
Selma High School 2180 Broad St.

10.45am-11.30am Drum Line Battle of the Bands
SCWM 1410 Water Ave.

11.00am - 6.30pm: Jubilee Festival. 3 stages — Gospel, Blues, R&B and Hip Hop. Storytelling Tent-Hear the stories from the history makers. Singing for Freedom — Freedom Singers of the 60s. (Admission $10.00 in advance, $13.00 @ gate)
Water Ave

2.00pm - 6.00pm: Intergenerational Hip-Hop/Civil Rights Summit — 21st Century Youth & SCLC Youth
Performing Arts Center, 1000 Selma Ave

6.00pm - 7.00pm: Fruit of the movement — Tribute and Reception Public Officials: (Mayors Office) (Congressman Artur Davis office)
Selma Convention Center.

7.30pm - 10.00pm: Freedom Flame Awards. Sponsored by 21C & NVRM (Black Tie) (Admission -$50.00)
Elk's Lodge, 4304 Water Ave.

9.00pm - 1.00am: College Steppin Out on the Vote Stepshow & Dance
Old National Guard Armory on Dallas Ave.

9.00 - Midnight: Movement Veterans hospitality suite.
Ramada Inn, Hiway 80 west.

Sunday March 6

6.30am - 8.00am: Delivered by the Almighty Hand of God-Sunrise Unity Service to honor the Ministers and churches of the movement
School of Discovery, 400 Washington St.

8.00am - 10.00am: Wiping of the Tears Ceremony for Unsung heroes of the movement — Susan Taylor, Keynote Speaker (Admission -$25.00)

9.30am - 10.30am: Congressional tour of the National Voting Rights Museum (NVRM) with Congressman John Lewis. (Sponsors invited to attend) Faith and Politics.

1.30am: Unveiling of the Civil Rights Freedom wall of Selma & Dallas county (monument). SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., Inc.

2.00pm: Pre-March Rally
Steps of Brown Chapel A.M.E. church, 410 Martin Luther King St. (formerly Sylvan St.).

2.30pm: Bridge Crossing Re-enactment commemorating Bloody Sunday

3.00pm: Inductions into the Voting Rights Hall of Fame.

3.30pm: Monument Dedication to Women Pioneers-SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., Inc. and NVRM.

4.00pm: Tribute and Reception for South African President Thabo Mbeki
SCWM, 1410 Water Ave.

Monday, March 7

9.00am - 2.00pm: March commences from Selma-Honoring the "1965 Teachers' March."

9.00am - 2.00pm: Slow Ride to Montgomery-Mobile storytelling and freedom singing on school buses.

12.00pm - 5.00pm Ending Schoolhouse to the Jail House Miseducation — C.A.R.E. and R.I.S.E.

7.00pm -: Rally — Fueling A Movement to End Miseducation

Tuesday, March 8

9.00am - 2.00pm: March and Slow Ride continues

9.00am - 2.00pm: Health Fair-National Medical Association and Local Physicians

2.00pm - 5.00pm: Working Session: on Health and Environmental Injustices in Alabama , Africa & Beyond

7.00pm - 9.00pm: Rally: To End Health Care Disparities

Wednesday, March 9

9.00am - 2.00pm: March and Slow Ride continues

4.00pm - 6.00pm: Working Session: Achieving Economic Independence in our Lifetime (Ending the cycle)

7.00pm: Rally — Repair, Replenish, Recommit

Thursday, March 10

9.00am - 2.00pm: March and Slow Ride continues

12:00 Noon: March Re-enactors Lunch at Alabama State University (ASU)

1:15-4:00pm: Voting Rights Workshop, Alabama Room ASU, Montgomery. Dexter Wimbish, Facilitator.

4.00pm-6.00pm: Working Session: Safe guarding the voting rights act and the right to vote

4:15pm: Dinner at ASU

6:00-8:00pm: Mass Meeting at Lilly Baptist, 820 Hill Street, Montgomery. Rep. Alvin Holmes, Moderator

7.00pm: Rally — Marshalling political power to secure Peace, Equity and Justice here and abroad

Friday, March 11

7-8:30am: Breakfast at ASU

9.00am - 2.00pm: March to Saint Jude

9:00am-4:00pm: Public Hearing on the Status of Extending the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Mock Trial on Voting Rights Violations, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law-Facilitators, Freewill Baptist Church, 1724 Hill Street. Montgomery

3-4:30pm: Dinner at St. Jude, 2048 West Fairview, Montgomery. 5-8:30pm: Stars of Freedom Tribute — Montgomery Friends of the Trail.

7.00pm: Jimmy Lee Jackson/Sammy Young Tribute to the Youth of the Movement Concert

Saturday, March 12

7.00am - 9.00am: Unity Prayer Breakfast. Freewill Baptist Church, 1724 Hill St.

7-9:00am: Breakfast for Re-enactor Marchers, St. Jude.

10.00am - 11.30am: March to State Capitol

11.30pm - Rally & Presentation of Blueprint to secure Liberty and Justice for all

March 14th - 24th

Bridge Fest (Spring Break in the Blackbelt)

Contacts:

Selma Activities, (334) 418-0800
Montgomery Activities, (334) 420-4475, www.smvotingtrail.com
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), (404) 522-1420
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., (404) 584-0303
Montgomery Friends of the Selma-to-Montgomery Historic Trail
      46 East Patton Avenue
      Montgomery, Alabama 36105
      (334) 288-5754 (Voice)
      (334)420-4476 (Fax)
      Email: gwenpatton_tstc@yahoo.com


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