Raycom, Bounce TV To Air Selma Special

Fifty years after central Alabama took center stage in the battle for equal voting rights, Montgomery, Ala.-based Raycom Media honors the Selma Voting Rights Movement with a one-hour documentary. 

Selma: A March to Remember focuses on the personal accounts of people who were there. Leaders, participants and witnesses recount their experiences, in their own words and talk about the challenges that still persist. It will air on 42 Raycom Media owned or managed stations starting Friday, Feb. 27.

“As an Alabama based company, we are proud to be able to document the stories and history of our state, especially an event of this magnitude that has helped change our nation.” said Paul McTear, president-CEO of Raycom Media.

In addition, African-American targeted diginet Bounce TV will air the special Wednesday, March 4, at 9 p.m. ET.

“As the nation’s first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, we are indebted to everyone who helped drive the Civil Rights movement forward through participating in such important events as marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge that day,” said Bounce TV President Ryan Glover. “We are proud to partner with Raycom Media to bring this important special to viewers across the country.”

Selma: A March to Remember includes personal recollections from Ambassador Andrew Young who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement (he is also one of Bounce TV’s founders) and U.S. Rep. John Lewis who was one of the leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which was instrumental in organizing early demonstrations and voter registration efforts. “I was hit in the head by a state trooper with a nightstick,” Lewis remembered, “I thought I saw death.”