Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) Search this
Physical description:
xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Alabama
Selma
Selma (Ala.)
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
20th century
1989-
Contents:
Reflecting on The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march / Dara N. Byrne and William E. Cox -- Selma to Montgomery : an unfinished agenda / Tavis Smiley -- pt. 1. "Civil right no. 1". Voices : Martin Luther King, Jr., Lyndon Baines Johnson, Joseph E. Lowery, John Lewis ; The crucible : how Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge changed everything / Claybourne Carson -- pt. 2. The arithmetic of power. Voices : William E. Cox, J.L. Chestnut Jr. ; The partisan landscape : how Blacks became the indispensable democrats / Ronald Walters ; New dilemmas : redistricting and racial politics / Carol M. Swain ; One vote, one color : understanding the connection between racial identity and voting preferences / Kenny J. Whitby -- pt. 3. Bridges to cross. Voices : Henry Sanders, Andrew Young, Bill Clinton, Lani Guinier ; Beyond racial politics, or not? Chicago's experiment in coalition politics / Keith W. Reeves ; Losing the right to vote : the impact of felony disenfranchisement / Jamie Fellner and Marc Mauer -- pt. 4. Parallel struggles. Voices : Ella Baker, Tex G. Hall, Raúl Yzaguirre, Margaret Fung ; Sisters in the struggle : reflections on Black women's activism / Gayle T. Tate ; Indian voters : awakening a sovereign capacity / David E. Wilkins and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark ; Latino voters : lessons learned and misunderstood / Louis DeSipio ; Asian American voters : a challenging diversity / Pei-te Lien -- pt. 5. Advancing the agenda. Keeping the promise : why voting still matters / Theodore M. Shaw and Debo P. Adegbile ; Where do we go from here? A vision for a new Black politics / Manning Marable
Topic:
African Americans--Civil rights--History Search this
