Why the vote wasn't enough for Selma / Karlyn Forner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forner, Karlyn, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Suffrage--Alabama--Selma--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Selma (Ala.)--History--20th century.

Selma (Ala.).

Selma (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Interlude 1: the Constitution of 1901

The world that cotton made : 1901-1916

Interlude 2: World War I and making the world safe for democracy

"Our country first, then Selma" : 1917-1929

Interlude 3: The Great Depression

Plowing under: 1932-1940

Interlude 4: Craig Air Force Base

Becoming white-faced cows: 1941-1952

Interlude 5: "I like Ike"

Segregation's last stand: 1953-1964

Interlude 6: 1965

Making the "good freedom" : 1965-1976

Interlude 7: Closing Craig Air Force Base

"Last one out of Selma, turn off the lights" : 1977-1988

Interlude 8: Superintendent Norward Roussell and school leveling

Two Selmas: 1989-2000

Interlude 9: Joe gotta go.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822372233

0822372231

OCLC:

1145329447