Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: 1860's music

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Music of the 1860s

School children just love the music venue at the Battle of Selma school tours.

This musician appears to be playing with a wooden toy.

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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.