President Joe Biden will travel to Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. The trip will be Biden’s first as president, and comes nearly two months after a tornado hit Selma and surrounding counties, causing heavy damage.
President Joe Biden will travel to Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
The trip will be Biden’s first as president. Last year, Vice President Kamala Harris took part in the annual march across the Edmund Pettus bridge to mark a key moment in the civil rights movement. In 2021, the Selma Jubilee went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The jubilee comes nearly two months after a tornado hit Selma and surrounding counties, causing heavy damage to the Queen City. The storm killed nine people in Autauga County on Jan. 12 and left many Selma residents displaced from their homes.
“On March 7, 1965, Selma was the scene of a devastating political storm. Our beloved community faced another storm that caused great damage on Jan. 12, 2023, when a tornado ravaged the city. Selma has withstood tremendous obstacles. We know the next storm will make us stronger, and the Jubilee will go on March 2-5, 2023,” jubilee organizers stated in a
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