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Selma Leaders Weigh Change and Jobs Amid Racial Tensions
Reverend Joseph Rembert notes progress in Selma from federal court actions but warns whites still hold most power and unemployment is high at about 16 percent countywide and up to 25 percent for blacks. City leaders push for economic progress while praising integration and mixed voting shifts, with only one black county official in Dallas County under a court mandate to create four voting districts by fall.
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Joseph Rembert
Brown’s Chapel
Selma
Moss
Jesse Jackson
Dallas County