Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Av Karlyn Forner

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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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Utgivningsdatum2017-10-17
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor376
FörlagDuke University Press
ISBN9780822370055

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Illustrations viiAbbreviations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1Interlude. The Constitution of 1901 61. The World That Cotton Made: 1901–1916 11Interlude. World War I and Making the World Safe for Democracy 342. "Our Country First, Then Selma": 1917–1929 39Interlude. The Great Depression 613. Plowing Under: 1932–1940 67Interlude. Craig Air Force Base 914. Becoming White-Faced Cows: 1941–1952 95Interlude. "I Like Ike" 1205. Segregation's Last Stand: 1953–1964 124Interlude. 1965 1506. Making the "Good Freedom" 1965–1976 157Interlude. Closing Craig Air Force Base 1877. "Last One Out of Selma, Turn Off the Lights": 1977–1988 192Interlude. Superintendent Norman Roussell and School Leveling 2168. Two Selmas: 1989–2000 222Interlude. Joe Gotta Go 244Epilogue 248Notes 255Bibliography 317Index 335

"Though the general contours of this story are well known, Forner presents an exhaustive social, political, and economic history of Selma set within local and national context. A near page-turner that will appeal to both general and scholarly readers interested in the civil rights movement." - William D. Pederson (Library Journal) "This vision of Alabama history is depressing, even tragic, but it can help to reinvigorate our thinking about racial justice in the future. Forner persuasively demonstrates that the economic plight of many black Americans is the direct result of years of racist policies, global labor changes, and a federal government refusing to protect its citizens. Her book reminds us that anything less than a total and complete commitment from the federal government to end institutionalized racism simply leaves in place some problems of the past and enables new and different forms of dispossession to take root." - Elias Rodriques (The Nation) "Forner argues convincingly that, for many black residents, 'Selma did more for civil rights than civil rights did for Selma.' This lucid, detailed book is often dispiriting to read, but it’s an important reminder of the still-unfulfilled promise of the black freedom movement." (Starred Review) (Publishers Weekly)