Historic Selma Audio Tours

Official Unveiling of the Audio Tour project

Most of the month of June was dedicated to completing our Historic Selma Audio Tours, with a total of 75 sites on the tour!  This project took approximately two years to complete and was made possible by a grant provided by the Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area. Each site features a short oral history recorded by local citizens with connections to the sites.

Signs with a QR code, phone number, and photograph have been placed in front of each location. In order to access the audio, visitors will use their cell phones to either scan the QR Code or dial the phone number. This project will allow visitors to learn about Selma's intriguing history at their own pace.

With Selma having the largest historic district in Alabama, it is no surprise that it also has a large number of sites on its new Audio Tour. In order to navigate to each of the 75 sites, Selma and Dallas County Tourism has partnered with Madden & Associates to create a map brochure with names and addresses of each site. The map brochures is available at the Centre for Commerce as well as other locations in downtown Selma.

Map brochures are available at the Centre for Commerce

We encourage you to try out as many of the Audio Tour sites as possible while you are in Selma!

A large crowd gathered at the Centre for Commerce for the Official Unveiling of the Audio Tour project.  Pictured above is Brian Jones from the Alabama Tourism Department and Wimberly Comer from the Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area, with Selma Tourism Director Ashley Mason.