Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma
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Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma

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Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma

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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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Year
2017
ISBN
9780822372233

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Illustrations
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Interlude. The Constitution of 1901
  8. Chapter 1. The World That Cotton Made: 1901–1916
  9. Interlude. World War I and Making the World Safe for Democracy
  10. Chapter 2. “Our Country First, Then Selma”: 1917–1929
  11. Interlude. The Great Depression
  12. Chapter 3. Plowing Under: 1932–1940
  13. Interlude. Craig Air Force Base
  14. Chapter 4. Becoming White-Faced Cows: 1941–1952
  15. Interlude. “I Like Ike”
  16. Chapter 5. Segregation’s Last Stand: 1953–1964
  17. Interlude. 1965
  18. Chapter 6. Making the “Good Freedom”: 1965–1976
  19. Interlude. Closing Craig Air Force Base
  20. Chapter 7. “Last One Out of Selma, Turn Off the Lights”: 1977–1988
  21. Interlude. Superintendent Norward Roussell and School Leveling
  22. Chapter 8. Two Selmas: 1989–2000
  23. Interlude. Joe Gotta Go
  24. Epilogue
  25. Notes
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index