Voting rights, Supreme Court lead concerns amid Bloody Sunday commemoration

By: Andrea Tinker

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: March 9, 2026

Words: 890

Last Updated: 1 day, 15 hours ago

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SELMA — Brown Chapel A.M.E Church reopened Sunday after a five-year closure due to renovations.

But for many speakers commemorating the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, many of the issues of civil rights and voting access remained as timely — and dire — as they were in 2020, and even 1965.

“The problem isn’t Trump, the problem is us,” Rev. Al Sharpton said in a speech in the church on Sunday. “If we …

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