The Unfinished Agenda of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March

by The Editors of Black Issues in Higher Education (BIHE) (Compiler), Tavis Smiley (Introduction)

Overview

WHY A 56-MILE WALK FOR FREEDOM IN 1965 STILL CHALLENGES AMERICA TODAY

THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 WAS THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, FOREVER CHANGING POLITICS IN AMERICA. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, VOICES OF THE ERA, ALONG WITH SOME OF TODAY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITERS, SCHOLARS, AND SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, COMMEMORATE THE STRUGGLE AND EXAMINE WHY THE BATTLE MUST STILL BE WON.

"One of the difficult lessons we have learned is that you cannot depend on American institutions to function without pressure. Any real change in the status quo depends on continued creative action to sharpen the conscience of the nation."--MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

"As long as half our eligible voters exercise the right that so many in Selma marched and died for, we've got a very long bridge to cross."--BILL CLINTON

"I would hope that students today can learn from Selma to acquire a better understanding of how oppressed people with limited resources can free themselves and make the world better."--CLAYBORNE CARSON, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470255384
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	08/24/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Black Issues in Higher Education is an award-winning, national news magazine and the foremost publication on black education serving higher education and the public since 1984.  The magazine is the sister publication to Black Issues Book Review, has produced an award-winning Black Issues Videoconference Series, including the annual "Beyond the Dream: A Celebration of Black History" program, and has a strong tie-in program with Borders. Tavis Smiley, host of  "The Tavis Smiley Show from NPR," provides  a foreword and commentary to essays  from prominent public figures, including Bill Clinton, and civil rights leaders and thinkers.

Table of Contents

Preface: Reflecting on the Unfinished Agenda of the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March by Dara N. Byrne and William E.Cox.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction: Selma to Montgomery: An Unfinished Agenda by Tavis Smiley.

PART ONE: "CIVIL RIGHT NO. 1."

1. Voices.

2. The Crucible: How Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge Changed Everything by Clayborne Carson.

PART TWO: ARITHMETIC OF POWER.

3. Voices.

4. The Partisan Landscape: How Blacks Became the Indispensable Democrats by Ronald Walters.

5. New Dilemmas: Redistricting and Racial Politics by Carol M. Swain.

6. One Vote, Once Color: Understanding the Connection between Racial Identity and Voting Preferences by Kenny J. Whitby.

PART THREE: BRIDGES TO CROSS.

7. Voices.

8. Beyond Racial Politics, or Not? Chicago's Experiment in Coalition Politics by Keith W. Reeves.

9. Losing the Right to Vote: The Impact Felony Disenfranchisement by Jamie Fellner and Marc Mauer.

PART FOUR: PARALLEL STRUGGLES.

10. Voices.

11. Sisters in the Struggle: Reflections on Black Women's Activism by Gayle T. Tate.

12. Indian Voters: Awakening a Sovereign Capacity by David E. Wilkins (Lumbee) and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe).

13. Latino Voters: Lessons Learned and Misunderstood by Louis DeSipio.

14. Asian American Voters: A Challenging Diversity by Pei-te Lien.

PART FIVE ADVANCING THE AGENDA.

15. Keeping the Promise: Why Voting Still Matters by Theodore M. Shaw and Debo P. Adegbile.

16. Where Do We Go from Here? A Vision for a New Black Politics by Manning Marable.

Timeline in Civil Rights History.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Sections 1 Through 11.

Notes.

Contributors.

Index.