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Selma’s Changing Scene in 1971 Under Mayor Smitherman
Selma mayor Joe Seibermere laments staying a segregationist but notes material progress since 1965. Black voter registration rose from under 600 in 1965 to about 13,000 in Dallas County, while city streets and services expand. Efforts focus on jobs and education, with black patrolmen and safety officers joining a still-white-led City Hall.
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Selma
Ala
Joe Seibermere
Martin Luther King
Congress
Smitherman
Montgomery
Washington
C. D. Scott
County Office of Economic Opportunity Board
Scott
County Extension Service
Dallas County
King
John Crear
Good Samaritan Hospital
George C. Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
Albert Brewer
City Hall