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Selma getting serious about 2010 Census

July 17th · No Comments · Census

Selma, Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge “demonstration” was the latest by the local Complete Count Committee to influence where $300 billion a year in federal money will be invested over the next 10 years. Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge “demonstration” was the latest by the Alabama city’s Complete Count Committee to influence where $300 billion a year […]

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Census 2010: Turn it in Selma — and America

July 12th · 1 Comment · Census, Education

How serious are civic leaders in Selma, AL about a complete and accurate count in the 2010 United States Census? Serious enough to get state approval to close down the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. The span, infamous for the vicious March 7, 1965 “Bloody Sunday” attack by state troopers on civil-rights marchers, only temporarily was […]

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