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Selma

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Sel·ma  (slm)
A city of south-central Alabama west of Montgomery. In 1965 it was the site of a voter registration drive led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Population: 19,300.
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Noun1.Selma - a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie, AL - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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