Karlyn Forner

Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Karlyn Forner is Project Manager of the SNCC Digital Gateway at Duke University Libraries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780822370000
• ISBN-10: 082237000X
• Artikelnr.: 47552677

Autorenporträt

Karyn 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