Selma, Ala.’s about to be in the national spotlight once again.
C-SPAN is in Selma all week filming for its 2018 Cities Tour. The tour takes Book TV and American History TV on the road to feature the literary life and history of selected cities during special weekends on the public affairs network.
“It not only introduces America to what makes each city special but hopefully maybe teaches you something about your own community as well,” said show producer Ashley Hill during a press conference at Selma City Hall on Monday.
The network on Monday began live-tweeting its experience in Selma:
Selma, AL was one of the South’s major military manufacturing centers during the #CivilWar. We spoke with historian Benny Austin about the Selma Ordnance & Naval Foundry, as well as the Battle of Selma, at the Old Depot Museum. #alabamahistory pic.twitter.com/pin1IUr1JN
— C-SPAN Cities Tour (@CSPANCities) April 25, 2018
We toured @TheJacksonHome w/Jawana Jackson & learned about her mother Richie Jackson’s book “The House by the Side of the Road”. The Jackson home was host to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during preparations for the #Selma to Montgomery Voters Rights March. #alabamahistory pic.twitter.com/S8ZyELuCuQ
— C-SPAN Cities Tour (@CSPANCities) April 25, 2018
We toured #Selma’s Old Live Oak Cemetery to learn about the noteworthy people buried there, including former US Vice President under Pierce, William Rufus King. King was the one who gave the city of Selma its name, which means “high seat or throne”. #alabamahistory pic.twitter.com/7wcuBF4LDG
— C-SPAN Cities Tour (@CSPANCities) April 25, 2018
Today we took a driving tour of #Selma w/Dianne Harris, a student foot soldier during the 1965 Voting Rights marches. Ms. Harris talked about her experiences & showed us sites such as the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Brown Chapel, and Dallas County Court House. See the tour 5/19-20. pic.twitter.com/EegR2a29T3
— C-SPAN Cities Tour (@CSPANCities) April 25, 2018
While at #Selma’s Old Live Oak Cemetery, we interviewed historian and author Alston Fitts on his book “Selma: A Bicentennial History”. Catch this and all our other Selma programming on C-SPAN 2 & C-SPAN 3, May 19-20. pic.twitter.com/WvG8WixTBJ
— C-SPAN Cities Tour (@CSPANCities) April 25, 2018
While in Selma, C-SPAN is scheduled to film from the National Voting Rights Museum, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, the history of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the Civil War, as well as Old Cahawba.
The Selma segment will air nationwide May 19th and 20th.
