The purpose for which the corporation is organized to:
- educate the public about the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, and conditions and activities that led up to and immediately followed the historic Selma to Montgomery March.
- identify and use techniques, procedures, and resources necessary to educate, develop, maintain, and support the development of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
- preserve, maintain, and promote the integrity and history of the historical voting rights movement in Selma-Dallas County.