How to pronounce“selma”in English
nounIPA/ˈsɛlmə/
Syllablessel·ma
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announced for the presidency at in Selma, Alabama at the commemoration of the great, you know, Bloody Sunday events and the march from
Selma to Montgomery. And he declared first of all, he gave his great thanks to what he called the Moses generation. The Moses generation
being the civil rights generation, the generation that gave so much opportunity
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noun
A confrontation where authorities brutally repress those wanting civil rights, similar to Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.
“Eventually, our place and response may be viewed as a historic turning point, another Selma for the nation and world.”