Selma, Alabama

E9628

city county seat

Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Selma, Alabama canonical	69
Selma, Alabama, United States	14
City of Selma	6
City of Selma, Alabama	4
Downtown Selma	1
Selma, Alabama region	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCode	334 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic	majority African American population ⓘ
distanceToMontgomery	about 50 miles west ⓘ
elevation	approximately 135 feet ⓘ
foundingDate	1820 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0153200 ⓘ
governingBody	Selma City Council ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Selma University ⓘ Wallace Community College Selma ⓘ
hasEvent	Battle of Selma (1865) ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark district components ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Selma Historic District ⓘ
hasLandmark	Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church ⓘ surface form: Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ National Voting Rights Museum and Institute ⓘ Selma Interpretive Center ⓘ
hasMuseum	Old Depot Museum ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) ⓘ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Selma, Alabama) ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) ⓘ Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ surface form: Third Selma to Montgomery march (March 21–25, 1965) Turnaround Tuesday ⓘ surface form: Turnaround Tuesday (March 9, 1965)
historicalRole	Confederate military manufacturing center during the American Civil War ⓘ
incorporationDate	1820s ⓘ
influencedEvent	passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
knownFor	Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ surface form: 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches American civil rights movement ⓘ voting rights activism ⓘ
listedOn	U.S. Civil Rights Trail ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Alabama River ⓘ
namedAfter	Selma (poem by James Macpherson) ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
partOf	Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ surface form: Black Belt region of Alabama
partOfMetropolitanArea	Selma micropolitan area ⓘ
population	approximately 17,000 (2020) ⓘ
populationCensusYear	2020 ⓘ
postalCode	36701 ⓘ
state	Alabama ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	State Route 22 ⓘ U.S. Route 80 ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American civil rights movement → location → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma to Montgomery marches → startPoint → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma (2014 film) → settingLocation → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Turnaround Tuesday → hasLocation → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Dallas County Voters League → location → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Edmund Pettus Bridge → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Bull Connor → placeOfBirth → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States

Dallas County Sheriff’s Office → headquartersLocation → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Amelia Boynton Robinson → residence → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. → workSettingLocation → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Annie Lee Cooper → placeOfBirth → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States

Annie Lee Cooper → placeOfDeath → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States

Annie Lee Cooper → residence → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States

Annie Lee Cooper → returnedTo → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States

Selma Historic District → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma Historic District → governingBody → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Selma

Selma micropolitan area → centralCity → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma micropolitan area → namedAfter → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma micropolitan area → hasUrbanCenter → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) → location → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Dallas County, Alabama → hasCountySeat → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Dallas County, Alabama → contains → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Dallas County, Alabama → hasLargestCity → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma Interpretive Center → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Wallace Community College Selma → serviceArea → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama region

Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → location → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

National Voting Rights Museum and Institute → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

National Voting Rights Museum and Institute → near → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Selma

Battle of Selma (1865) → place → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma City Council → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Selma City Council → jurisdiction → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Selma, Alabama

Selma City Council → appliesToJurisdiction → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Selma, Alabama

Selma City Council → legislativeBodyFor → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Selma, Alabama

Selma University → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Old Depot Museum → location → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Selma, Alabama) → city → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Black Belt → contains → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

subject surface form: Black Belt (Alabama)

Old Live Oak Cemetery → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Old Live Oak Cemetery → ownedBy → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Selma

Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail → terminusA → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Old Cahawba Archaeological Park → hasNearbyCity → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

autobiography "Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement" → describesPlace → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

subject surface form: Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

Bexar County → hasSubdivision → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Selma

Mia Hamm → placeOfBirth → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selma, Alabama, United States

Alabama's 7th congressional district → notableCity → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Alabama State Route 219 → passesThrough → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Alabama State Route 219 → terminusNear → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

Dallas County → seat → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

subject surface form: Dallas County, Alabama

Dallas County → hasCity → Selma, Alabama ⓘ

subject surface form: Dallas County, Alabama