Selma Jubilee plans to go virtual in 2021
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma was the site of famous civil rights marches in 1965. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)Greg Garrison/AL.com
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For its 56th anniversary and the first time ever, the annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will be a virtual online event in 2021 as it commemorates the civil rights marches of 1965.
Organizers are lining up participants including Sheyann Webb-Christberg, co-author of the memoir “Selma, Lord, Selma.” She was the youngest marcher in 1965. Her book, co-written with fellow marcher Rachel West and Birmingham News reporter the late Frank Sikora, was made into a 1999 Disney TV movie with the same title.