Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks...
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central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 38,462. The county seat is Selma. Its name is in honor of United States...
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The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital...
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SS Selma was an oil tanker built in 1919 by F.F. Ley and Company, Mobile, Alabama. President Woodrow Wilson approved the construction of 24 concrete vessels...
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Birmingham, Alabama 16th Street Baptist Church are killed by a bomb set by the Ku Klux Klan. Annie Lee Cooper attempts to register to vote in Selma, Alabama, but...
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Battle of Selma was fought on April 2, 1865 in Dallas County, Alabama during the American Civil War. It was part of the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia...
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true events that happened in March 1965, known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. The film tells the story through the eyes of a 9-year-old African-American...
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Selma University is a private historically black Baptist Bible college in Selma, Alabama, U.S.. It is affiliated with the Alabama State Missionary Baptist...
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state of Alabama. Alabama Alabama A&M Alabama State Auburn UAB Jacksonville State North Alabama Samford Troy South Alabama North Alabama's football program...
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Concordia College Alabama was a Private historically black college associated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and located in Selma, Alabama. It was the...
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Look up Selma or šelma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Selma may refer to: Selma, Alabama, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery...
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Edmund Pettus Bridge (redirect from Selma bridge)
Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business (US 80 Bus.) across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate...
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the Alabama River about 10 miles (16 km) below Selma. The Alabama River's main tributary, the Coosa River, crosses the mineral region of Alabama and is...
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Asher HaVon (category Musicians from Selma, Alabama)
her first win as a coach on the show. Asher HaVon is originally from Selma, Alabama, and still resides there currently. HaVon gained an interest in singing...
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children with a white German-born American common-law husband. She died in Selma, Alabama. McCrear's life became publicly known through research by Hannah Durkin...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Selma, Alabama, United States. This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and, as...
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capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1825. It was the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866. Located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba...
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WAKA (TV) (category Selma, Alabama)
WAKA (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Selma, Alabama, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Montgomery area. It is owned by...
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Catesby ap Roger Jones (category People murdered in Alabama)
son. He died in Selma the following morning. Catesby ap Roger Jones is buried in the historic Old Live Oak Cemetery at Selma, Alabama. Biography portal...
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Jim Clark (sheriff) (category Politicians from Selma, Alabama)
Alabama, United States from 1955 to 1966. He was one of the officials responsible for the violent arrests of civil rights protestors during the Selma...
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Governor of Alabama John A. Pickens, Former Executive Director of Alabama Appleseed Center Miah Jackson, Councilwoman for Selma, Alabama Frannie James...
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Amelia Boynton Robinson (category Activists from Selma, Alabama)
a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. In 1984, she became founding...
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Southern District of Alabama is one of three federal judicial districts in Alabama. Court for the District is held at Mobile and Selma. Mobile Division comprises...
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were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Selma, Alabama: Patricia Swift Blalock – librarian and civil rights activist Joanne...
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States Navy. They were produced by plants in Richmond, Virginia, and Selma, Alabama, between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War. They served afloat...
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Frederick D. Reese (category Activists from Selma, Alabama)
American civil rights activist, educator and minister from Selma, Alabama. Known as a member of Selma's "Courageous Eight", Reese was the president of the Dallas...
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Bull Connor (category Politicians from Selma, Alabama)
Congress of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Connor was born in 1897 in Selma, Alabama, the son of Molly (Godwin) and Hugh King Connor, a train dispatcher...
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The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is a 54-mile (87 km) National Historic Trail in Alabama. It commemorates and marks the journey of the...
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Thomas S. Kenan (category Politicians from Selma, Alabama)
ten children and in March 1811 Thomas decided to move the family to Selma, Alabama, to start a new plantation. Thomas left behind his oldest son Owen Rand...
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Edgar Cayce (category People from Selma, Alabama)
Times. When a falling out with Ketchum occurred, Cayce travelled to Selma, Alabama. An additional collaboration with printer Arthur Lammers led Cayce to...
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