NO MAJOR CRIME IN SELMA DURING 1949

A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY (from the January 11, 1950 SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL)

"When a city the size of Selma [1950 population: 22,840] passes through a period of twelve months with only one traffic fatality and without the filing of a single murder, manslaughter, sex or robbery charge, its people have a right to congratulate themselves for having given an impressive demonstration of ability to live together in a high degree of civilization."

from the January 14, 1950 ALABAMA JOURNAL

from the January 11, 1950 SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL