Selma : a bicentennial history / Alston Fitts III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitts, Alston, III, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Selma (Ala.)--History.

Selma (Ala.).

Alabama--Selma.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 360 pages : illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]

Summary:

Selma: A Bicentennial History is a sweeping account of the history of Selma from its founding to the present and is a wellspring of new information about every facet of this storied city, including a deeper understanding of the civil rights movement there and its continuing effects to this day. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Selma in Pioneer Days: "Moore's Bluff" Strives to Make the Big Time, 1819-1845 1

2 The Queen City Grows As Storm Clouds Gather, 1844-1861 26

3 Secession and Civil War: Selma, Arsenal of the Confederacy 51

4 Rebuilding and Reconstruction: Selma Rises from the Ashes, 1865-1880 86

5 The Queen City Resumes Her Throne: Selma, 1880-1912 119

6 The Decline of the Cotton Kingdom: Selma, 1912-1939 165

7 World War II and After: Selma, 1939-1963 199

8 Selma, Birthplace of Equal Voting Rights: The Queen City in Crisis, 1963-1968 237

9 The Queen City Recovers Its Poise: Selma, 1968-1988 274

10 More Bridges to Cross: Selma, 1989-2008 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-342) and index.

Other Edition:

Revision of: Fitts, Alston, III. Selma, Ala. : Clairmont Press, ©1989

ISBN:

9780817319328

0817319328

OCLC:

951465208