Editing Selma, California (section)

==Notable people==
Well-known people who have lived in and around Selma include 19th-century inventors [[Frank Dusy]], [[Abijah McCall]] and [[William Deidrick]]; the poets [[William Everson (poet)|William Everson]] (Brother Antoninus, 1912–94) and [[Larry Levis]] (1946–96); [[William R. Shockley]] (1918–1945), recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II; author–historian [[Victor Davis Hanson]] (1953– ); and [[Atlanta Braves]] manager [[Bobby Cox]] (1941– ). [[Clarence Berry]] (1867–1930), who struck it rich in the [[Klondike Gold Rush]] of 1897 and became known as an innovative mining engineer and businessman, had earlier been a fruit farmer in Selma. Also known as C.J. Berry, he left Selma for Canada's [[Yukon Territory]] after he was forced to declare bankruptcy. [[Beatrice Kozera]] (1920–2013), born Beatrice Rentería, also spent much of her childhood in Selma where her family worked in the fields. In 1947, she met [[Jack Kerouac]] who represented her as "The Mexican Girl" in ''[[On the Road]]'' where Selma is referred to as Sabinal. [[Frankie A. Rodriguez]] (1996– ), an actor from the Disney franchise ''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'', is also from Selma.