Selma

 Edmund Pettus Bridge

Do people name their daughters Selma anymore? Do you know any Selmas born after April 30,1975, the day the US embassy was evacuated in Saigon? Names like Jan, Alexis, Aubrey, Avery and Billie are given to both men and women. Collies, Beagles and Cocker Spaniels can be Linda, Larry Maurice, Fred and Don, but have you ever heard of a German Shepherd or St. Bernard named Selma? Selma was usually the name of your mother's friend. It was that or Muriel. Doris Kearns Goodwin is a famous historian but did any Selmas write about the Roosevelts? Can you imagine Selma Kearnes Goodwin, Selma Day O'Connor or Selma Obama? Selma can be the name of a town. Take Selma, Alabama.

read "Frankel" by Francis Levy, Vol 1 Brooklyn

and listen to "Barbara" by The Temptations