10-03-2025
Local Mobile sorority visits Selma for ‘Bloody Sunday' 60th Anniversary march
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A bus was packed with passengers who were hoping to commemorate a day that shaped the history of the country.
'We really want to make sure we don't forget about the civil rights history in America but even more particularly in Alabama,' Amber Houston, Connect and Social Action Coordinator with Alpha Kappa Alpha said.
Houston is one of the coordinators behind the community bus trip that took 55 Mobilians to Selma to take part in a reenactment march for the 60th Anniversary of Blood Sunday.
The bus trip started off as an event for the members of the Alpha Kappa Kappa, a historically African American Sorority, but was later opened up to give others in the Mobile community an opportunity to relive history.
'I actually saw the Edmond Pettis Bridge, and I'm crossing, and I get to the peak, the pinnacle and I almost transformed into oh my god, 60 years and what if I was here could I have done it,' Houston said.
It's a lesson taken to heart, even by those old enough to remember the event.
'In crossing the bridge, it just evoked memories of what I as a little girl saw on TV,' Felicia Wilson, Chapter President of Alpha Kappa Alpha said. 'These foot soldiers who knew the adversity that awaited them on the other side of that bridge still crossed it. '
Attendees ranged from ages 8 to 75. Each rider, returning to Mobile with a new perspective on progress and the sacrifices made in the name of justice.
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