Why the Vote Wasn't Enough for Selma

by Karlyn Denae Forner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822370050
• ISBN13: 9780822370055
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"