Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: St James Hotel courtyard

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Courtyard of The St. James

Before the current extreme cold weather, the courtyard of The St. James Hotel looked almost tropical.

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Selma is among the oldest cities in Alabama and has the largest contiguous historic district. It is known for its Civil War and Civil Rights history. The Battle of Selma was one of the last fought in the War Between the States, and the town was a center for the Voting Rights Movement in the 1960s. Today, with a population of about 20,000, Selma is the largest town in the western Black Belt region. The Black Belt, named for the color of its soil, stretches across Central Alabama from Mississippi to Georgia.