The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.
Description:xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Landmarks in civil rights history
Subject:Selma to Montgomery Rights March.
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Suffrage.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Suffrage.
Politics and government
Race relations.
Race relations -- Political aspects.
Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Alabama -- Selma.
United States.
Biography.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5620095
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Other uniform titles:Black issues in higher education.
Other authors / contributors:Byrne, Dara N.
ISBN:0471710377 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-208) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Reflecting on the Unfinished Agenda of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Selma to Montgomery: An Unfinished Agenda
  • PART 1. "CIVIL RIGHT NO. 1."
  • 1. Voices
  • 2. The Crucible: How Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge Changed Everything
  • PART 2. ARITHMETIC OF POWER
  • 3. Voices
  • 4. The Partisan Landscape: How Blacks Became the Indispensable Democrats
  • 5. New Dilemmas: Redistricting and Racial Politics
  • 6. One Vote, Once Color: Understanding the Connection between Racial Identity and Voting Preferences
  • PART 3. BRIDGES TO CROSS
  • 7. Voices
  • 8. Beyond Racial Politics, or Not? Chicago's Experiment in Coalition Politics
  • 9. Losing the Right to Vote: The Impact Felony Disenfranchisement
  • PART 4. PARALLEL STRUGGLES
  • 10. Voices
  • 11. Sisters in the Struggle: Reflections on Black Women's Activism
  • 12. Indian Voters: Awakening a Sovereign Capacity
  • 13. Latino Voters: Lessons Learned and Misunderstood
  • 14. Asian American Voters: A Challenging Diversity
  • PART 5. ADVANCING THE AGENDA
  • 15. Keeping the Promise: Why Voting Still Matters
  • 16. Where Do We Go from Here? A Vision for a New Black Politics
  • Timeline in Civil Rights History
  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Sections 1 Through 11
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index