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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.

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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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President Lyndon Johnson cited Title 10 in 1965 to protect civil rights marchers during protests in Selma, Ala., but did so out of concern that local law enforcement would decline to do so themselves.

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After 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls.

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One of the most compelling, exciting experiences I had as a child was reading "The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf."

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With Selma, we played ping-pong, which is the Henry Miller way of de-intellectualizing the area.

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If you subscribe to Paramount+, you can watch “Selma” for no additional cost.

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