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Apr 23, 2024 · Selma, city and seat (1866) of Dallas county in Alabama. In March 1965 it was the center of an African American voter-registration drive led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Local violence against civil rights activists, most famously at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, led to a massive protest march from Selma to Montgomery.
Betty Strong Boynton Interview Selma, AL from U.S. Civil Rights Trail on Vimeo.. Across the bridge: National Voting Rights Museum. After crossing the bridge, plan a visit to the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, which displays artifacts from the voting rights campaign, starting from before the marches and to the present.. The museum includes pictures taken at the protest, and ...
Feb 23, 2022 · What is Selma, Alabama famous for? Selma, Alabama, is famous for its role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, particularly as the starting point for a series of marches from Selma and Montgomery to urge the federal government to do more on voting rights. Three marches began here, starting with Bloody Sunday in 1965.
Feb 6, 2024 · Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma Located on a high bluff that overlooks the Alabama River, 50 miles west of Montgomery, historic Selma is the county seat of Dallas County. From the Civil War to the modern civil rights era, Selma has played an important role in American history.Selma is probably best known as the site of the infamous “Bloody Sunday” attack on civil rights marchers at Selma’s ...
Selma, Alabama, was incorporated in 1820 and is one of the most historic cities in the United States. The city played a major role in both the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Historic sites and points of interest dot Selma's landscape.
Selma’s initial growth and development were hampered by its proximity to Alabama’s first capital at Cahawba (Cahaba), 10 miles away at the junction of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers. When the state capital moved to Tuscaloosa in 1826, Selma began to rival it for county supremacy, even though Cahaba retained its status as county seat until 1866.
