@article{1397779,
      recid = {1397779},
      author = {Minchin, Timothy J. and Salmond, John A.},
      title = {After the dream black and white southerners since 1965 /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {University Press of Kentucky,},
      address = {Lexington, Ky. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 405 p.) :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {Martin Luther King's 1965 address from Montgomery,  Alabama, the center of much racial conflict at the time and  the location of the well-publicized bus boycott a decade  earlier, is often considered by historians to be the  culmination of the civil rights era in American history. In  his momentous speech, King declared that segregation was  "on its deathbed" and that the movement had already  achieved significant milestones. Although the civil rights  movement had won many battles in the struggle for racial  equality by the mid-1960s, including legislation to  guarantee black voting rights and to desegregate public  accommodations, the fight to implement the new laws was  just starting. In reality, King's speech in Montgomery  represented a new beginning rather than a conclusion to the  movement, a fact that King acknowledged in the address.  After the Dream: Black and White Southerners since 1965  begins where many histories of the civil rights movement  end, with King's triumphant march from the iconic  battleground of Selma to Montgomery. Timothy J. Minchin and  John Salmond focus on events in the South following the  passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting  Rights Act. After the Dream examines the social, economic,  and political implications of these laws in the decades  following their passage, discussing the empowerment of  black southerners, white resistance, accommodation and  acceptance, and the nation's political will. The book also  provides a fascinating history of the often-overlooked  period of race relations during the presidential  administrations of Ford, Carter, Reagan, and both George  H.W. and George W. Bush. Ending with the election of  President Barack Obama, this study will influence  contemporary historiography on the civil rights movement.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1397779},
}