There is an excellent story in today's Washington Post about what remains of the places along the Selma to Montgomery march pathways....and efforts to save some of the structures in time for next year's 60th anniversary:
"As mayor, though, (James) Perkins had learned the limits of such feelings. Civil rights tourism had been a boon to the state economy — 4 in 10 visitors come to the state to see the civil rights sites in Montgomery, 2 in 10 go to 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, according to the state tourism bureau — but his city offered little to those who sojourned there. Its downtown was speckled with boarded-up buildings and empty storefronts."
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| (Selma photo by Tim Lennox) |
Whenever I travel to Selma, I am left more depressed. The city can't seem to catch a break. There's little there to provide an economic boost...and a tornado destroyed many buildings a year ago.
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