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Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, [1] in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. [3] About 80% of the population is African-American. Selma was a trading center and market town during the ...
The Riverview Historic District is an 86-acre (35 ha) historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is bounded by Selma Avenue, Satterfield and Lapsley streets, and the Alabama River. The district includes examples of the Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, American Craftsman, and several Queen Anne styles (Stick, Eastlake, and Shingle).
May 3, 1978. The Old Town Historic District is a 323-acre (131 ha) historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is bounded by U.S. Route 80, Broad and Franklin streets, and Dallas and Selma avenues. The boundaries were increased on December 15, 2003. The district includes examples of the Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic ...
Annie Lee Cooper – long-time civil rights activist who was active in the 1965 Selma voting rights movement [4] Willis Nathaniel Huggins – historian and social activist [5] Frederick D. Reese – voting rights movement leader. Amelia Boynton Robinson – voting rights movement leader and long-time civic activist in Selma [6]
Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman House, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama, United States. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T. Watts. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1973, due to its architectural ...
September 27, 1972. The John Tyler Morgan House is a historic Greek Revival -style house in Selma, Alabama, United States. It was built by Thomas R. Wetmore in 1859 and sold to John Tyler Morgan in 1865. Morgan was an attorney and former Confederate general. Beginning in 1876, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. senator from Alabama for six terms.
Selma, Alabama, during the American Civil War was one of the South's main military manufacturing centers, producing tons of supplies and munitions, and turning out Confederate warships. The Selma Ordnance and Naval Foundry complex included a naval foundry, shipyard, army arsenal, and gunpowder works.
Joseph Thomas Smitherman (December 24, 1929 – September 11, 2005) was an American politician who served more than 35 years as mayor of Selma, Alabama. He was in office during the Selma to Montgomery marches of the Civil Rights Movement. [1] "He can do the reformed redneck better than anyone else," is a famous line about Joe Smitherman.