Selma, Alabama

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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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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 →

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this entity surface form: "City of Selma, Alabama"
Selma micropolitan area → centralCity → Selma, Alabama →
Black Belt → contains → Selma, Alabama →
subject surface form: "Black Belt (Alabama)"
Dallas County, Alabama → contains → Selma, Alabama →
Selma Historic District → governingBody → Selma, Alabama →
this entity surface form: "City of Selma"
Dallas County, Alabama → hasCountySeat → Selma, Alabama →
Dallas County, Alabama → hasLargestCity → Selma, Alabama →
Turnaround Tuesday → hasLocation → Selma, Alabama →
Selma micropolitan area → hasUrbanCenter → Selma, Alabama →
Selma City Council → jurisdiction → Selma, Alabama →
this entity surface form: "City of Selma, Alabama"
Selma City Council → legislativeBodyFor → Selma, Alabama →
this entity surface form: "City of Selma, Alabama"
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Edmund Pettus Bridge → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Old Live Oak Cemetery → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Selma City Council → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Selma Historic District → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Selma Interpretive Center → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Selma University → locatedIn → Selma, Alabama →
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → location → Selma, Alabama →
Dallas County Voters League → location → Selma, Alabama →
Old Depot Museum → location → Selma, Alabama →
Selma micropolitan area → namedAfter → Selma, Alabama →
this entity surface form: "Downtown Selma"
Old Live Oak Cemetery → ownedBy → Selma, Alabama →
this entity surface form: "City of Selma"
Battle of Selma (1865) → place → Selma, Alabama →
Annie Lee Cooper → placeOfBirth → Selma, Alabama →
this entity surface form: "Selma, Alabama, United States"
Bull Connor → 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"
Amelia Boynton Robinson → residence → Selma, Alabama →
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"
this entity surface form: "Selma, Alabama region"
Selma (2014 film) → settingLocation → Selma, Alabama →
Selma to Montgomery marches → startPoint → Selma, Alabama →