From Alabama-Members of churches in Selma will gather on the south side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, March 1, at 2 p.m., then walk into the city as a show of unity. They will then gather in Song of Selma Park for a prayer service.
The walk is in the opposite direction of the Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965 and the annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday, which will happen the following weekend.
"Walking back across the bridge is a way to symbolize that God is working to unify Selma," says the Rev. Jerry Light, pastor at First Baptist Church of Selma. "We are making a witness to the fact that the community is hungry to work together for a positive future."
The churches will carry a Unity Quilt as a banner, made from 176 quilt squares sewn together as a symbol of healing.
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