Voices & Visionaries: Beth Spivey, keeper of Selma's history at Old Depot Museum

History curator Beth Spivey has spent the past decade turning the Old Depot Museum into one of Selma’s most distinctive historical spaces, and she has done it with a mix of determination, humor and an unwavering belief that preserving the past is a community duty.

In this part of the Black Belt News Network's Voices & Visionaries series, Spivey tells her story, and the story of the museum she cares for, which is as layered as the history housed inside the former train depot.

Spivey grew up in Lowndes County and still lives in her family’s 1856 home, a place she describes as a living archive of her ancestors.