Whose City? Race and the Urban Landscape in Selma, Alabama by Abigail Gautreau

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    Whose City?Race and the Urban Landscape in Selma, Alabama

    Abigail Gautreau

    May 3, 2013

    Friday, July 19, 13

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    A Very Short History of Selma

    Originally populated by the Muscogee (Creek)

    First explored by the French; city founded 1732

    Selma was officially incorporated in 1820

    Became the seat of Dallas County in 1866

    Economy relied on cotton & steam traffic on the river

    Significant naval supply site during the Civil War

    Battle of Selma - April 2, 1865

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    Free Black Community (pre-Emancipation)

    Dallas County Voters League & NAACP

    White Citizens Council

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Bloody Sunday/March to Montgomery

    School desegregation/Selma Accords

    Selma in the Civil Rights Movement

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    Comprehensive Plan of the City of Selma

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    chnm.gmu.edu

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    Life magazine

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    biography.com

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    Comprehensive Plan of the City of Selma

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    Selmas Historic DistrictsComprehensive Plan of the City of Selma

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    Selma Historic Districts - 2013Yellow - Ice House District (1990)

    Blue - Old Towne District (1978)

    Orange - Riverview District (1990)

    Purple - Water Ave. District (1972)

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    Center for Historic Preservation - MTSU

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    Center for Historic Preservation - MTSU

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    The View Downtown

    Very typical

    downtown businessdistrict

    Intersection of

    Alabama Avenue &

    Broad Street

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    HABS images from the

    Library of Congress

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    http://www.city-data.com/city/Selma-Alabama.htmlhttp://www.city-data.com/city/Selma-Alabama.html
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    How does preservation

    reinforce outmoded values?

    Focus on aesthetics & high architecture

    Ethnocentrism

    Were taken in by the landscape

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    So where is the city center?

    In the segregated city,

    there are tiny citycenters everywhere

    Look for small

    commercial buildings

    scattered inneighborhoods

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    C C C

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    Churches: Centers of Community

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    Tabernacle Baptist Church

    Center for Historic Preservation - MTSU

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    Providence Baptist Church

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    Neighborhoods vary

    Some retain a high

    degree of integrity

    and workmanship

    Locations tend to

    be less desirable

    Vacant lots are

    common

    Company housing

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    Lapsley Street near R. B. Hudson School

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    What is the solution?

    Community

    engagement andinvolvement

    Long-term

    commitment

    Giving back

    Meeting at West Trinity Baptist Church

    Center for Historic Preservation - MTSU

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