Selma
Americannoun
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a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
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a town in central California.
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a female given name.
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In 1965, during the civil rights movement, Selma was the center of a registration drive for black voters, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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For many attendees, that was the central message of the weekend: Selma is not only a site of American history.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
And in the final, Fontana needed running repairs to one of her skates after a first-corner collision with Selma Poutsma meant the race was restarted.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
King didn’t march because Selma was unique; he marched because it was predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
But investors shouldn’t read too much into October’s pickup in sales, Selma Hepp, the chief economist at real estate technology provider Cotality, wrote in Wednesday commentary.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
“SNCC had to use the students initially, otherwise the effort in Selma would have failed and there would have been no Selma campaign.”
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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