Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-7000-0 (ISBN)
In Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma Karlyn Forner rewrites the heralded story of Selma to explain why gaining the right to vote did not bring about economic justice for African Americans in the Alabama Black Belt. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Forner illustrates how voting rights failed to offset decades of systematic disfranchisement and unequal investment in African American communities. Forner contextualizes Selma as a place, not a moment within the civil rights movement -a place where black citizens' fight for full citizenship unfolded alongside an agricultural shift from cotton farming to cattle raising, the implementation of federal divestment policies, and economic globalization. At the end of the twentieth century, Selma's celebrated political legacy looked worlds apart from the dismal economic realities of the region. Forner demonstrates that voting rights are only part of the story in the black freedom struggle and that economic justice is central to achieving full citizenship.
Karlyn Forner is Project Manager of the SNCC Digital Gateway at Duke University Libraries.
Illustrations vii
Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Interlude. The Constitution of 1901 6
1. The World That Cotton Made: 1901–1916 11
Interlude. World War I and Making the World Safe for Democracy 34
2. "Our Country First, Then Selma": 1917–1929 39
Interlude. The Great Depression 61
3. Plowing Under: 1932–1940 67
Interlude. Craig Air Force Base 91
4. Becoming White-Faced Cows: 1941–1952 95
Interlude. "I Like Ike" 120
5. Segregation's Last Stand: 1953–1964 124
Interlude. 1965 150
6. Making the "Good Freedom" 1965–1976 157
Interlude. Closing Craig Air Force Base 187
7. "Last One Out of Selma, Turn Off the Lights": 1977–1988 192
Interlude. Superintendent Norman Roussell and School Leveling 216
8. Two Selmas: 1989–2000 222
Interlude. Joe Gotta Go 244
Epilogue 248
Notes 255
Bibliography 317
Index 335
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | North Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 658 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8223-7000-X / 082237000X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-7000-0 / 9780822370000 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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