In the shadow of Selma : the continuing struggle for civil rights in the rural South /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fleming, Cynthia Griggs, 1949-
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2004.
Description:	xix, 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Wilcox County -- History -- 20th century. Segregation in education -- Alabama -- Wilcox County -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States. African Americans -- Civil rights. African Americans -- Suffrage. Civil rights movements. Race relations. Rural conditions. Segregation in education. Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations. Wilcox County (Ala.) -- Race relations. Southern States -- Race relations. Southern States -- Rural conditions. Alabama -- Selma. Alabama -- Wilcox County. Southern States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5146191

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ISBN:	0742508102 (alk. paper) 0742508110 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-336) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface: The Forgotten Rural Black Poor
Acknowledgments
Introduction: You'll Git Dar after While
Chapter 1. Disfranchisement, Despair, and Disillusionment
Chapter 2. Onward Christian Soldiers: The Coming of the Missionaries during the Early Years, 1883-1930
Chapter 3. New Negroes in the Cotton Field: The Great Depression and Gee's Bend
Chapter 4. Making the World Safe for Democracy? What about Wilcox County?
Chapter 5. Vote
Chapter 6. Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Struggle to Desegregate Wilcox County's Schools
Chapter 7. After the Movement
Chapter 8. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

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