Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park

Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park is a park in Dallas, Alabama. Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park is situated nearby to Edmund Pettus Bridge, as well as near National Voting Rights Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edmund Pettus Bridge and National Voting Rights Museum.

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, United States. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. Edmund Pettus Bridge is situated 480 feet northwest of Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park.

National Voting Rights Museum

Museum

Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the… National Voting Rights Museum is situated 500 feet south of Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park.

Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building

Museum

Photo: Altairisfar, Public domain.

The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, also known by a variety of other names throughout its history, is a historic Greek Revival building in Selma, Alabama, United States. Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building is situated 2,800 feet west of Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selma.

Selma

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Selma is a city in Alabama. Selma has the distinction of being a notable place in the pages of history, for its role in the Civil War and doubly-so for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park

Type: Park
Also known as: “Bridge to Freedom Memorial Park” and “Civil Rights Memorial Park”
Category: recreation area
Location: Dallas, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.4038° or 32° 24′ 14″ north

Longitude

-87.01707° or 87° 1′ 2″ west

Open location code

864JCX3M+G5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 990607383

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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