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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.


  • | Author: Karlyn Denae Forner
  • | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
  • | Publication Date: Oct 17, 2017
  • | Number of Pages: 376 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback/History
  • | ISBN-10: 0822370050
  • | ISBN-13: 9780822370055
Author:
Karlyn Denae Forner
Publisher:
Duke University Press Books
Publication Date:
Oct 17, 2017
Number of pages:
376 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback/History
ISBN-10:
0822370050
ISBN-13:
9780822370055