The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march /
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Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005. |
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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 |
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