This is a moving story of the experiences of 2 brave little girls during the days of the Selma civil rights movement. Now as adult women, they recall their involvement as children in the stirring church meetings and marches, and their relationship with Martin Luther King Jr., an…
Sheyann Webb was eight years old and Rachel West was nine when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Selma, Alabama, on January 2, 1965. He came to organize non-violent demonstrations against discriminatory voting laws. Selma, Lord, Selma is their firsthand account of the events…
Selma, Lord, Selma is the moving and dramatic story of two courageous young black girls who participated in the turbulent civil rights demonstrations in Selma, Alabama in 1965.
This is a moving story of the experiences of 2 brave little girls during the days of the Selma civil rights movement. Now as adult women, they recall their involvement as children in the stirring church meetings and marches, and their relationship with Martin Luther King Jr., an…
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 vo…
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 vo…
"In [this book] 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 of…