Selma’s Black businesses build ‘unity and community’ nearly 60 years since Bloody Sunday
Thousands of people travel to Selma, Alabama every year to walk in the footsteps of the Bloody Sunday Foot Soldiers. It has become a beacon of equality from the Civil Rights Movement, but the once bustling town that is now grappling with economic inequality. In our three episode series sponsored by W.K. Kellogg Foundation, we will showcase the local residents and business owners banding together through racial healing to create new opportunities in tourism for their neighbors to thrive. Claretta Bellamy reports.
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Land loss, forced migration threaten BIPOC communities in coastal Louisiana
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Descendants of slavery fight environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
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United Houma Nation tribal members are resilient against climate change, resettlement
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Selma’s Black businesses build ‘unity and community’ nearly 60 years since Bloody Sunday
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A new generation in Selma hope to bring back economic prosperity to civil rights ‘Mecca’
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Eco-tourism one of many new businesses bringing prosperity to Selma
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Black Battle Creek residents look to their history to move forward
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Battle Creek’s Hispanic community fights to overcome language barriers
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In East Buffalo, racial healing alongside a food insecurity crisis
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Historic systemic racism plagues East Buffalo’s growth
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