See Selma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2020, Dane Smith, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), \"Toward a better patriotism\", 3 July 2020",
"text": "Eventually, our place and response may be viewed as a historic turning point, another Selma for the nation and world."
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"ref": "2015, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Workers World, \"Black and Brown unity in Alabama\", 24 June 2015",
"text": "Shelby County has become the new Selma."
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"ref": "1986, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka Weekend, p.11, Friday 17 January 1986",
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