Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reflecting on The unfinished agenda of the Selma-Montgomery voting rights march / Dara N. Byrne and William E. Cox -- Selma to Montgomery : an unfinished agenda / Tavis Smiley -- Pt. 1. "Civil right no. 1". Voices : Martin Luther King, Jr., Lyndon Baines Johnson, Joseph E. Lowery, John Lewis ; The crucible : how Bloody Sunday at the Edmund Pettus Bridge changed everything / Clayborne Carson -- Pt. 2. The arithmetic of power. Voices : William E. Cox, J.L. Chestnut Jr. ; The partisan landscape : how blacks became the indispensable democrats / Ronald Walters ; New dilemmas : redistricting and racial politics / Carol M. Swain ; One vote, one color : understanding the connection between racial identity and voting preferences / Kenny J. Whitby -- Pt. 3. Bridges to cross. Voices : Henry Sanders, Andrew Young, Bill Clinton, Lani Guinier ; Beyond racial politics, or not? Chicago's experiment in coalition politics / Keith W. Reeves ; Losing the right to vote : the impact of felony disenfranchisement / Jamie Fellner and Marc Mauer -- Pt. 4. Parallel struggles. Voices : Ella Baker, Tex G. Hall, Raúl Yzaguirre, Margaret Fung ; Sisters in the struggle : reflections on black women's activism / Gayle T. Tate ; Indian voters : awakening a sovereign capacity / David E. Wilkins and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark ; Latino voters : lessons learned and misunderstood / Louis DeSipio ; Asian American voters : a challenging diversity / Pei-te Lien -- Pt. 5. Advancing the agenda. Keeping the promise : why voting still matters / Theodore M. Shaw and Debo P. Adegbile ; Where do we go from here? A vision for a new black politics / Manning Marable.