The shadow of Selma / edited by Joe Street and Henry Knight Lozano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Street, Joe, editor.

Knight, Henry, 1982- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Selma.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University of Florida Press, [2018]

Summary:

The Shadow of Selma is the first thorough analysis of the historical importance and legacy of the 1965 campaign for civil rights in Selma, Alabama, and the consequent Voting Rights Act, which is among the most important pieces of legislation in American history. It considers the historical memory of the Selma campaign, particularly examining the competing narratives of Selma in popular media and cinema.

Contents:

13. The Racial Laundering of Equality after Shelby County v. HolderList of Contributors; Index

7. Mediating Selma: 1965, 20158. "They Couldn't Just Write It the Way It Wasn't Anymore": Mainstream Media Narratives and the 1965 Selma Campaign; 9. Sidelining Selma's Segregationists: Memory, Strategy, Ideology, and Agency; 10. "Men and Women of God and Goodwill Everywhere": Selma and the Role of Religion in Civil Rights Drama; Part 3. The Myth of a Color-Blind America; 11. The Third Reconstruction: The Racial Wealth Gap in the Post-Civil Rights South; 12. How the Rise of Color-Blind Racism Opened the Door for the Supreme Court Decision in Shelby County v. Holder

Cover; THE SHADOW OF SELMA; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. Selma and the Voting Rights Act; 1. Selma: The Bridge and Beyond; 2. Before the Bridge: Grassroots Activism in Selma in the Early 1960s; 3. Nonviolence Crowned or Dethroned? King's Strategy in Selma and Its Legacy; 4. ""The Meat in the Coconut"": Lyndon Johnson and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; 5. Backlash or Adjustment? The White South Responds to Selma; 6. ""We Cannot Escape the Same Challenge"": Britain, France, and the U.S. Voting Rights Act; Part 2. Media and Memory

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5224-6

OCLC:

1086375548