Edmund Pettus Bridge
1965On March 7, 1965, state troopers attacked peaceful marchers on this bridge, galvanizing national support for the Voting Rights Act.
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Music in Selma
Songs About Selma
Warriors Of Love
Iris DeMent
"John Lewis stood on the Pettus Bridge"
Dear Hate
Maren Morris
"You were smiling from that Selma bridge"
Velma from Selma
Augie Meyers
"TITLE"
Eve of Destruction
Barry McGuire
"Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama"
I Don't Want to Start a War
Will Kimbrough
"In the thick aired Selma night"
Glory
Common
"Selma is now for every man, woman, and child"
Everyday Angel
Radney Foster
"I heard those stories about Selma and Tuskeegee"
21 Days on the Road
Cory Morrow
"And I'm thinking 'bout a girl in Selma"
I Was Called
Ruthie Foster
"Long ways from ole Selma"
high cotton
blue water highway
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History of Selma
Things to Do in Selma
Everything Near Selma
7 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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Sturdivant Hall
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Step back in time at this stunning Greek Revival mansion, now a house museum. Sturdivant Hall, completed in 1856, was designed for Colonel Edward T. Watts by Thomas Helm Lee. It's a prime example of antebellum…
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John Tyler Morgan House
· 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
These stately columns whisper of power, politics, and a nation divided. This is the John Tyler Morgan House, home to a man who shaped Alabama's destiny for decades. John Tyler Morgan, a Confederate brigadier general…
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Edmund Pettus Bridge
· 1.1 mi · Historical Marker
On March 7, 1965, state troopers attacked peaceful marchers on this bridge, galvanizing national support for the Voting Rights Act.
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Edmund Pettus Bridge
· 1.2 mi · Things to Do
Where Bloody Sunday happened in 1965. The bridge that changed the Civil Rights movement.
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Cahaba, Alabama
· 7.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine being at the very heart of Alabama's government, right here where the rivers meet! For five years, this unassuming spot was the state's capital. In 1820, Cahaba became the capital, chosen for its central…
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Cahaba, Alabama)
· 7.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over a moment, because this unassuming church has witnessed Alabama history! St. Luke's Episcopal Church was built in the 1850s in Cahaba, which was Alabama's first state capital. Back then, Cahaba was a bustling…
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Riverdale (Selma, Alabama)
· 9.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Prepare to be amazed by what architectural historians consider the most elegant house of its period in Dallas County. This is Riverdale, built in 1829. Virgil H. Gardner, originally from Georgia, built it for his…
