Selma

[ sel-muh ]

noun

1. a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
2. a town in central California.
3. a female given name.

Selma

1. City in south-central Alabama .

Notes

In 1965, during the civil rights movement , Selma was the center of a registration drive for black voters, led by Martin Luther King , Jr.

Example Sentences

As a visible and generous participant in the civil rights movement, Davis sent airplanes filled with celebrity activists and hefty amounts of cash to support protesters and organizers, and he marched alongside Martin Luther King in Selma in 1965.

From Washington Post

In “Play Misty for Me,” Evelyn arguably symbolized America’s most deep-seated societal fears about what Selma might become if she read that book and took it to heart.

From Washington Post

Of course, “JOHNLEWIS” was the civil rights leader who led the historic Selma march — Lewis was the entire theme of one puzzle.

From Washington Post

Selma showed America that a Voting Rights Act was needed to make the promise of equality real.

From Time

The burnt wreckage of the old campus set ablaze by a Union general before he faced Forrest in Selma.

From Time

Rashad was there to celebrate the release of the Civil Rights drama Selma.

From The Daily Beast

Having finally seen Selma on November 17, I must report, sadly, that I do not share the enthusiasm the film has generated so far.

From The Daily Beast

Because I was living with this story, I watched closely as Hollywood considered making a film about Selma.

From The Daily Beast

In 2009, Lee Daniels announced that he would direct Selma and that Liam Neeson would play President Lyndon Johnson.

From The Daily Beast

Selma becomes a biopic in which the hero shines while those who worked beside him are overlooked or relegated to the sidelines.

From The Daily Beast

But they had rested in the narrow house: their voice had ceased in Selma!

From Project Gutenberg

How are ye changed, my friends, since the days of Selma's feast!

From Project Gutenberg

She is like a sister to me, and to oblige me, would no doubt take Selma.

From Project Gutenberg

Life in Selma became worth living even as the chance of living it augmented.

From Project Gutenberg

Really the mortality among the unacclimated in the Selma district at that time was excessive.

From Project Gutenberg