Annual Selma Bridge Crossing to commemorate 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

March 7, 2025 will mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday when a group of activists crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, marching for voting rights, and were brutally attacked by state troopers.

Each year, people return to the site on the first full weekend in March to commemorate Bloody Sunday + the march on Montgomery that followed shortly after the attack.

This year, the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee schedule includes four full days of events, finishing up with the rally and march on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know for the bridge crossing Sunday, March 9:

• 11AM: Pre-March rally at Brown Chapel AME Church
• 12PM: March across Pettus Bridge
• 2PM: Super Soul Sunday Benefit Concert featuring Asher HaVon

Keep reading to find the full schedule of events for the week in Selma + learn more about its history.

Bridge Crossing Jubilee

Every year the Bridge Crossing Jubilee hosts the commemoration of the historic event and the struggle for the right to vote, by gathering at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a festival of music, art, and historical remembrance.

According to the event’s website, the annual crossing was dubbed “The Annual Pilgrimage to Selma.”

“Tens of thousands of freedom-loving people flock to Selma the first weekend of every March to hear personal stories from surviving freedom fighters from the movement and walk hand in hand with history makers who were willing to lay down their lives for the right to have a voice in the country they helped to build.”

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee website

Make sure to visit the jubilee’s website to see the complete schedule for the week including events Thursday through Saturday. Following Sunday’s rally and march, there will be a foot march to Montgomery that is scheduled to arrive at the steps of the capitol on Friday, March 14.

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