Fifteen years ago the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute had its first Bridge Crossing Jubilee. Since then the notoriety of the Jubilee has spread across the country and abroad because of the increasing numbers of tourists visiting Selma, Alabama. As a result, tens of thousands of tourists visit Selma the first week in March each year for the opportunity to participate in the Jubilee. They come to hear the personal stories of people who participated in the movement, celebrate and commemorate the Voting Rights Struggle, the March from Selma to Montgomery and to meet and talk with famous Americans, such as, President Bill Clinton, Sen. Barak Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Congressman John Lewis, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mrs. Amelia Boynton, Russell Simmons, etc. But most of all they share our thankfulness to the heroes and sheroes who gave the world a message of hope when they stood up and demanded the right to vote quietly and non-violently.
Past attendees have included:
Rosa Parks Congresswomen Maxine Waters President Barack Obama Rev. Jesse Jackson
Mrs. Coretta Scott King Ethel and Max Kennedy
Ron Daniels Geronimo Pratt
Johnny Cochran Judge Joe Brown
Former President Bill Clinton Chris Tucker
Gloria Steinem H-Town
Gloria Steinem H-TownStephen King Senator Bill Fritz
Jack Kemp Roy Jones
Richard Gephardt Al Sharpton
Al SharptonHarry Belafonte Vivica A. Fox
Outkast Master P
Master PSenator Hillary Clinton Susan Taylor
Chingy Congressman Walter Fauntroy
Congressman Walter FauntroyQ Parker of 112 Nappy Roots
Nappy Roots The Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is held the first full weekend of every March to commemorate “Bloody Sunday", the March from Selma-to-Montgomery, and the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
2010 Jubilee Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Welcome Reception
Special Guest: TBA
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Selma Performing Arts Center
Mass Meeting
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Keynote speaker: TBA
The Freedom Singers in attendance
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Miss Jubilee Pageant
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Selma Performing Arts Center
Fee: $5
Friday, March 5, 2010
Invisible Giants Conference
Class of 64-65
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Selma Performing Arts Center
Children’s Sojourn
Various Speakers and Presentations
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Slavery Civil War Museum, Shiloh, Pickard Auditorium
Mock Trial –“Education on Trial’
Presiding Judge TBA
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Dallas County Courthouse
A Public Conversation
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Wallace College
“Stomp Out To Vote” Step Show
Special Guest: TBA
Fee: $10
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Pickard Auditorium
Saturday, March 6, 2010
4th Annual Jubilee Golf Tournament
Breakfast and Registration: 6:30 am
Sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,Inc.
Contact: Dr. Leroy Maxwell or Aubrey Larkin, Sr.,
334.872.2321
Location: Valley Grand Golf Course
Foot Soldiers Breakfast
8:00 am to 9:30 am
Location: CHAT Academy School
Jubilee Parade
From Selma High School to Edmund Pettus Bridge
9am- 11am
Induction into Hall of Resistance
10:30 am
Location: Slavery and Civil Rights Museum
Battle of the Bands
10:45 – 11:00
Location: School of Discovery Parking Lot
Jubilee Festival
(Gospel, Hip Hop, R&B)
11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Fee: $10 (advance)/$15 gate
Economic Empowerment Summit
Panelist: TBA
12:00 – 2:00 pm
Location: Selma Performing Arts Center
Intergenerational Hip Hop Summit
(various music artists – TBA)
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: School of Discovery
Film Festival
3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Films: TBA
Location: Slavery and Civil Rights Museum
Freedom Flame Awards Dinner
Special Honoree – TBA
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tickets: $50.00
Location: Selma Performing Arts Center
Late Night Pow-Wow
10:00 pm – 12:00 am
Location: Slavery and Civil Rights Museum
Sunday, March 7, 2010
MLK Jr. 7 Corretta S. King Unity Breakfast - $25
Special Guest: TBA
Wallace Community College
7:30am – 9:30 am
Sunday Morning Service:
Various Movement Speakers
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Various Churches
Pre-March Rally
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Guest Speaker: TBA
Brown Chapel A. M. E. Church
410 Martin Luther King Street
Bridge Crossing Re-Enactment
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Edmund Pettus Bridge
Bridge Crossing Speakers & Voting Rights
Museum Hall of Fame Inductions
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge
“Yes We Did” z105.3 Commemoration Banquet
5:00 pm – until
Location: Selma Convention Center
Fee: $15
The National Voting Rights Museum & Institute* 1012 Water Avenue * Selma, AL 36701* (334) 418-0800 * NationalVotingRightsMuseum.org
Monday, March 8, 2010
Slow Ride from Selma to Montgomery
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Montgomery Re-Enactment Rally
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Commemorating & Celebrating the Selma to Montgomery March, Bloody Sunday, & The Voting Rights Act.
Welcome to our site. Here you will find historical facts, pictures, information on all upcoming events, and much more. Each year the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in conjunction with 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference sponsors the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The Jubilee which takes place the first weekend in March at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is attended by 30,000 people! It is a street festival of music, art and history. In addition, the Jubilee is the celebration and commemoration of the right to vote and March from Selma to Montgomery. It also serves as a reunion for many of the Voting and Civil Rights participants. We look forward to seeing you at this years Jubilee.
Would you like to be a vendor at The Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee please download the application. To download vendor package please click the link below complete this form and fax or mail to:
The National Voting Rights Museum
Attention: Angela Brown
1012 Water Avenue - P.O Box 1366
Selma, Alabama 36702
Fax (334) 418-0278
or contact
Ms. Angela Brown
Interim Director
(334) 418-0800 ext. 25
President Barack Obama, Senator Hillary Clinton, and former president Bill Clinton marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 2006 Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee.
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