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At least 14 'No Kings' protests planned across Alabama Saturday
President Donald Trump speaks during a special commencement event on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Coleman Coliseum at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Laura Chramer for Alabama Reflector)
A group of at least 14 protests under the banner 'No Kings' are planned for Saturday in Alabama.
The demonstrations are part of nationwide effort that organizers say aim to reject President Donald Trump's 'made-for-TV' show of force coinciding with his birthday and Flag Day, a date chosen by organizers to reclaim the symbol of the American flag.
'Real power isn't staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else,' organizers stated on the website. 'The flag doesn't belong to President Trump. It belongs to us.'
The nationwide 'Hands Off' protests drew thousands of people in early April to several cities around the state, including Montgomery, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. The protests focused on concerns about the administration's efforts to deport immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and attacks on federal agencies. Protestors pointed to concerns about federal workforce reductions and attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender individuals.
Protests Saturday are scheduled from Florence and Huntsville in the northern part of the state to Dothan and Mobile in the south.
The following protests are planned at various times throughout Saturday.
Auburn/Opelika: Toomer's Corner at 4 p.m.
Birmingham: 27th Street South & 3rd Avenue South at 6 p.m.
Dadeville: 125 N Broadnax St at 11 a.m.
Dothan: Houston County Courthouse at 11 a.m
Florence: Mobile Plaza at 11 a.m.
Fort Payne: 205 Gault Ave N at 11 a.m.
Guntersville: Marshall County Courthouse at 10 a.m.
Huntsville: Campus 805 Butler Green at 11 a.m.
Jacksonville: Jacksonville Square at 11 a.m.
Mobile: Government Plaza at 12 p.m.
Montgomery: Alabama Department of Archives and History at 10 a.m.
Scottsboro: Jackson County Courthouse Square at 4 p.m.
Selma: Edmund Pettus Bridge at 11 a.m.
Tuscaloosa: Federal Building & Courthouse at 6 p.m.
