The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march
By: the editors of Black issues in higher education with Dara N. Byrne
Contributors: Byrne, Dara N
Series: Landmarks in civil rights history
Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780471710370
Subjects: Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 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-
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Black issues in higher education
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and Index
Table of contents: title: Reflecting on The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march / Dara N. Byrne and William E. Cox; title: Selma to Montgomery : an unfinished agenda / Tavis Smiley; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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