Research Catalog

Title

The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march / the editors of Black issues in higher education, with Dara N. Byrne.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Byrne, Dara N.

Description

xv, 224 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"In the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Movement, no single event had greater impact than the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama." "The Unfinished Agenda of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March is a thought-provoking collection of essays that takes an incisive look at the events of 1965, the milestones reached, and the unresolved issues and challenges that remain today."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Landmarks in civil rights history

Uniform Title

• Black issues in higher education.
• Landmarks in civil rights history

Subject

• Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
• Since 1900
• Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > Alabama > Selma > 20th century
• African American civil rights workers > Biography
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African Americans > Suffrage
• Selma (Ala.) > Race relations
• United States > Race relations > Political aspects
• United States > Politics and government > 1989-

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-208) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0471710377 (cloth)

LCCN

^^2005001463

OCLC

• 57557716
• SCSB-10440511

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library