| Description |
xiii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : voting rights and protest -- Black voters and the federal voting rights enforcement effort in the South, 1940-1964 -- Selma and the Voting Rights Act : commencement and climax -- Selma and the Voting Rights Act : crisis and denouement -- Reactions and responses : Selma, Birmingham, and civil rights legislation -- Congressmen, constituents, and the news media -- Enforcement and effects : the Voting Rights Act and black political participation in the South, 1965-1976 -- The strategy of protest and the SCLC at Selma. |
| Note |
Revision of the author's senior honors thesis, Wesleyan University, 1975. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Southern States -- Suffrage.
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Voter registration -- Southern States.
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Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
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| ISBN |
0300022476 |
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