The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, much of it in the soil order Vertisols. The term took on an additional meaning i
Former slave cabins at Faunsdale Plantation in Marengo County.
Selma, Alabama
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Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a populati
Black Belt (region of Alabama)
…of urbanized, industrial cities such as Birmingham. Montgomery, the Black Belt's largest city, has been the capital of Alabama since 1846. Montgomery, Selma and other parts of the Black Belt were important centers of African-American public activism during the civil rights movement from c.1954 to 1968. Since…
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lossy page 1 The St. James Hotel, the only surviving hotel in the downtown historic district, Selma, Alabama LCCN2010639082.tif
Ruins of the Confederate States Naval Foundry at Selma in 1865