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Speakers at Montgomery 60th-anniversary program urge renewed voting action as turnout lags
Summary
At Montgomery City’s commemorative program marking the Selma to Montgomery march, speakers including Mayor Steven L. Reed and Martin Luther King III warned of low Black turnout and urged votes, donations and organization to protect rights gained in 1965.
At a public commemoration on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery City, speakers at the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march urged renewed voter engagement and resource mobilization to defend voting rights and other programs they said are under threat.
Mayor Steven L. Reed opened the program by linking the annual remembrance to current turnout numbers and civic responsibility, saying, "As pastor Jamal Harrison Bridal shared with us just yesterday, 9,000,000 black voters stayed at home in the November election, more than enough to make up the difference of where we are right now." He encouraged those present to treat…
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