Selma
['selmə]
Definition
(noun.) a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters.
Edited by Ian--From WordNet
Examples
- Canby has been ordered to act offensively from the sea-coast to the interior, towards Montgomery and Selma. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thomas is still left with a sufficient force surplus to go to Selma under an energetic leader. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Take Mobile and hold it, and push your forces to the interior--to Montgomery and to Selma. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Selma fell on the 2d of April, with a large number of prisoners and a large quantity of war material, machine shops, etc. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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