Editing Selma, Alabama (section)

===Museums and points of interest===
Museums in the city include [[Sturdivant Hall]], the [[National Voting Rights Museum]], Historic Water Avenue, Martin Luther King, Jr. Street Historic Walking Tour, Old Depot Museum, Joe Calton Bates Children Education and History Museum, [[Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building|Vaughan-Smitherman Museum]] and Heritage Village.

Selma boasts the state's largest contiguous [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]], with more than 1,250 structures identified as contributing. Area attractions include the Old Town Historic District, Old Live Oak Cemetery, Paul M. Grist State Park, and [[Cahaba, Alabama|Old Cahawba Archaeological Park]].
[[File:Edmund Pettus Bridge over Alabama River.jpg|thumb|Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River]]

The complex history is reflected in naming and monuments as well. Highway 80, which runs east and west through Selma and the state has reflected this in naming patterns. In 1920 the east-west Highway 80 was designated as part of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway. In 1977 US 80 was named Givhan Parkway in honor of the long-serving state senator [[Walter C. Givhan]], a segregationist to the end. In 1996 it was designated as part of the 'National Civil Rights Trail' by President Bill Clinton and is administered by the National Park Service. In 2000 sections of Highway 80 leading into Selma were renamed in honor of leaders in the Selma Voting Rights Movement: [[F.D. Reese]], [[Marie Foster]], and [[Amelia Boynton Robinson|Amelia Boynton]].<ref name="david"/>

As part of its Civil War history, a monument to native [[Nathan Forrest|Nathan Bedford Forrest]], a Confederate General, was installed in Old Live Oak Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shameful! Selma To Build Monument Honoring KKK Founder |url=http://newsone.com/2032022/nathan-bedford-forrest-kkk/ |website=Newsone.ocm |date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=August 27, 2017 }}</ref> It was torn down in 2012, reflecting the continuing controversy about him. In August 2012, plans were announced to build a larger monument, more resistant to vandalism, but many African Americans object to it because of his established history as a postwar leader with the KKK and his earlier involvement in the massacre of black Union troops at [[Fort Pillow, Tennessee|Fort Pillow]].<ref name="david">[http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/articles/2015-02-on-the-road-to-selma-a-jim-crow-relic David J. Krajicek, "On the Road to Selma, a Jim Crow Relic"], ''The Crime Report'', February 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monument to Civil War general, Ku Klux Klan leader triggers controversy |first=U.S. |last=News |url=https://usnews.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13415785-monument-to-civil-war-general-ku-klux-klan-leader-triggers-controversy |website=U.S. News |access-date=August 27, 2017 }}</ref><ref>The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman by Brian Steel Wills</ref>