Selma Essential Info

Overview

Selma is a city in Alabama.

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Basics

Best Time To Go

Mar-Oct

Current Time

Current Weather

59 °F

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Fun Facts

1. The city is best known for the 1960s Selma Voting Rights Movement and the Selma to Montgomery marches, beginning with "Bloody Sunday" in March 1965.
2. The city was planned and named as Selma by William R. King, a politician and planter from North Carolina.
3. Selma boasts the state's largest contiguous historic district, with more than 1,250 structures identified as contributing.
4. Edgar Cayce, famed psychic, worked and lived in Selma.

Popular Foods

1. Traditional Boneless Wings
2. Fried Green Tomatoes