Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: 1930s characters

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Guess Who Came to Pilgrimage?

The 1928 Holly-Skinner House took Selma Pilgrimage visitors back to the 1930s

with characters straight from real life and the movies!

Does this infamous character look familiar to you?

WELCOME!

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.