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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of south-central Alabama west of Montgomery. A Confederate arsenal during the Civil War, it was the site of a major battle in April 1865. In 1965, a drive to register local voters, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., culminated in a protest march from Selma to Montgomery (March 21–25).
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- proper noun A female
given name .
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- noun a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS REESE, ORGANIZED SELMA MARCH: My privilege in 1965 to lead the 1965 rights movement here in Selma.
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS REESE, ORGANIZED SELMA MARCH: My privilege in 1965 to lead the 1965 rights movement here in Selma.
Top Stories from CQ 2009
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JAMES CARTER, SELMA SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: It's not unique to Selma.
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To march in Selma, Alabama and have state troopers beat you up takes courage.
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One of the more interesting things I used this summer was a scope base from Miracle Machine Works in Selma, Alabama.
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December 27th, 2009 11: 35 am ET the only hope for Selma is to leave town.
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Selma is a microcosim for what "conservative" leadership gets you.
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If you think a fetus is a human being then that is true whether than fetus is in Selma, Alabama (where I graduated from high school – GO SAINTS!) in Seattle or Sydney, Santiago, Salzberg, or Shanghai.
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Interesting – when I visited the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma AL and told the director of my religious affiliation, she quickly responded, “We could not have succeeded without the Episcopalians.” datingjesus
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When I first visited the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, I told the director that I am an Episcopal priest.
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