Selma
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Selma is a historic city in central Alabama best known as a key site of the American civil rights movement, particularly the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eventOccurredHere |
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) ⓘ
surface form:
Turnaround Tuesday (March 9, 1965)
Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ
surface form:
third Selma to Montgomery march (March 21–25, 1965)
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| foundedAs | town ⓘ |
| governingBody | City government of Selma, Alabama ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 334 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDesignation |
listed places on the National Register of Historic Places (multiple properties)
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site on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail ⓘ |
| hasDemographics | majority African American population (historically and in recent decades) ⓘ |
| hasEconomicHistory |
Confederate industrial center during the American Civil War
ⓘ
center of cotton trade ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Selma University
ⓘ
Wallace Community College Selma ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Selma Historic District ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) ⓘ
surface form:
First Baptist Church, Selma
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute ⓘ Old Depot Museum ⓘ Old Live Oak Cemetery ⓘ Sturdivant Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Dallas County Courthouse
ⓘ
Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ |
| hasMediaPortrayal | depicted in the film "Selma" (2014) ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 36701 ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | US Route 80 passes through Selma ⓘ |
| influenced | passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Dallas County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Selma to Montgomery marches
ⓘ
surface form:
1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
American civil rights movement ⓘ Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) ⓘ
surface form:
Bloody Sunday (1965)
voting rights activism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Dallas County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Central Alabama
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surface form:
central Alabama
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| locatedOnRiver | Alabama River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alabama Black Belt region
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surface form:
Black Belt region of Alabama
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| roleInHistory |
center of 1960s voting rights campaign in Alabama
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starting point of Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
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