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Telling the stories that changed history

Friday afternoon I was a happy and relived man. After a couple of months of work, The Selma Times-Journal sent to press our Selma to ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:10 pm

News

All 54 miles of Selma to Montgomery march will be relived

Every step of the 54 miles between Selma and Montgomery will be relived next month as people from all over the world commemorate the 50th ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Friday, February 20, 2015 9:52 pm

News

19-year-old charged with rape of minor

A 19-year-old Selma man has been charged with rape after a sexually transmitted disease diagnosis revealed he had an ongoing relationship with an underage girl. Read more

by Justin Averette, Friday, February 20, 2015 9:47 pm

News

Shelby speaks on many topics

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby spoke to a group of citizens Monday in Selma, addressing topics like immigration, the country’s debt and the Keystone Pipeline. Read more

by Justin Averette, Monday, February 16, 2015 9:51 pm

News

Ceremony honors foot soldiers

Brown Chapel AME Church honored its church founders and Voting Rights Movement foot soldiers during a special service Sunday. Congresswoman Terri Sewell presented the foot soldiers ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Monday, February 16, 2015 9:49 pm

Opinion

Gallery more like time portal for John Lewis

Just a few feet away hang several images featuring John Lewis. He paused at one showing him and Williams crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, pointing ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:16 pm

News

Treasurer briefs council on issues at St. James

An informal audit conducted by the city of Selma of the St. James Hotel for the first three weeks of October revealed several accounting “improprieties,” ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:10 pm

News

Grow Selma breaks first ground at future garden site

The first dirt was moved Saturday at what will become the Mill Village Community Garden and Food Park. Read more

by Justin Averette, Sunday, February 8, 2015 12:11 am

Columnists

Selma shines on event-filled winter day

It’s hard to imagine the weather being more perfect in February than what we enjoyed Saturday. The sun and 60s felt great on a day with ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Saturday, February 7, 2015 11:53 pm

News

Ellwood coach charged with sex act with student

Ellwood Christian School head football coach Eric Dale Martinear, 28, of Selma, has been arrested and charged with engaging in a sex act with a ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Thursday, February 5, 2015 5:11 pm

Columnists

Gearing up for college eases pain of big decisions

It’s a moment I remember well — standing outside my family’s mailbox on dusty Rural Route 3 in Greensboro. Read more

by Justin Averette, Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:15 pm

Columnists

I won’t forget last weekend any time soon

This past week was one I won’t soon forget. On Sunday, I had the chance to meet Oprah Winfrey, singer John Legend and other cast members ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Saturday, January 24, 2015 10:49 pm

News

Links, Inc. holds Unity Breakfast

Called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter,” author Sheyann Webb-Christburg spoke Monday of her memories of Dr. King at the Selma Chapter of ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 11:50 pm

News

103-year-old Amelia Boynton Robinson to attend State of Union

Often referred to as the Matriarch of the Voting Rights Movement, 103-year-old Amelia Boynton Robinson will travel to Washington, D.C. this week for the State ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Monday, January 19, 2015 12:40 pm

News

Stars walk red carpet outside Walton Theater

For most people seeing “Selma,” Annie Lee Cooper is one of many historical characters in a film full of them. But the late Cooper was ... Read more

by Justin Averette, Monday, January 19, 2015 12:02 am

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