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ˈsɛl məsel·ma

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  1. Selmanoun

    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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  1. Bob Barnes:

    When you’re in Selma and then you realize where the march started — you get the shivers, you look around and you literally feel the history.

  2. Faya Rose Toure:

    Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee Inc. has been around for more than 25 years, and it’s what people expect, we can work together as partners on this thing, but( Evans) does n’t seem to want that.

  3. President Obama:

    It’s why GIs gave their lives at Omaha Beach and Iwo Jima; Iraq and Afghanistan – and why men and women from Selma to Stonewall were prepared to give theirs as well, so that’s what we mean when we say America is exceptional. Not that our nation has been flawless from the start, but that we have shown the capacity to change, and make life better for those who follow.

  4. Robert Stewart:

    Selma is a very resilient place but it's a place that is stagnant, the sad thing is that it has so much potential.

  5. John Legend:

    We say that 'Selma' is now, because the struggle for justice is right now.


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