Introduction: Alabama's Political Geography in Voting Rights History
Part 1. A Forgotten Evins Amendment: Black Belt Defeat after a Fraudulent Past
Boswell, Boswell Jr., and Big Jim
The Rise of Black Registration and White Resistance
Voter Registration, Commie Fronts, Justice, and State Sovereignty
Prequel to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Sequel to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Part 2. The End and the Beginning of the Disfranchising Poll Tax
Black Belt Politics: Tax Dollars at Work on the Roads
Black Belt Politics: Tax Dollars at Work in Education
Exceptions to the Rulers
It's Been a Long Time Comin'
Ending the War of Sections
Alabama's Cotton Curtain
Bridging the Past and the Future.