{"product_id":"9781461704584","title":"In the Shadow of Selma: The Continuing Struggle for Civil Rights in the Rural South","description":"On March 7, 1965, voting rights demonstrators were brutally beaten as they crossed the Edmund Petis bridge in Selma, Alabama. One of the most-publicized incidents of the civil rights campaign, images from that day have been seared into the nation's consciousness. Yet little has been written about the civil rights events in the surrounding counties, the vast sections of the rural south. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Griggs Fleming addresses this gap by bringing to light the struggle for equality of the citizens of Wilcox County, Alabama. Although right next door to Selma, their story has been largely ignored. Through the eyes of the residents of the county, Fleming relates a struggle punctuated by cowardice and courage, audacity and timidity, fear and foolishness. And, in the end, the entrenched power structure refused to yield and the county remains segregated to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonal and compelling, In the Shadow of Selma is essential reading for everyone interested in the continuing struggle for civil rights in the United States.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124534755568,"sku":"9781461704584","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781461704584_p0.jpg?v=1772805471","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461704584","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}