Forner Karlyn Forner

Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822372233
• Artikelnr.: 54786092

Autorenporträt

Karlyn Forner

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations  vii
Abbreviations   ix
Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction  1
Interlude. The Constitution of 1901  6
1. The World That Cotton Made: 1901–1916  11
Interlude. World War I and Making the World Safe for Democracy  34
2. "Our Country First, Then Selma": 1917–1929  39
Interlude. The Great Depression  61
3. Plowing Under: 1932–1940  67
Interlude. Craig Air Force Base  91
4. Becoming White-Faced Cows: 1941–1952  95
Interlude. "I Like Ike"  120
5. Segregation's Last Stand: 1953–1964  124
Interlude. 1965  150
6. Making the "Good Freedom" 1965–1976  157
Interlude. Closing Craig Air Force Base  187
7. "Last One Out of Selma, Turn Off the Lights": 1977–1988  192
Interlude. Superintendent Norman Roussell and School Leveling  216
8. Two Selmas: 1989–2000  222
Interlude. Joe Gotta Go  244
Epilogue  248
Notes  255
Bibliography  317
Index  335