Vanessa A. Holloway

Getting Away with Murder

The Twentieth-Century Struggle for Civil Rights in the U.S. Senate

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Produktbeschreibung

During the early twentieth century, nearly 200 anti-lynching proposals were introduced in the United States Congress. Getting Away with Murder argues that constitutional defenses for these proposals were merely excuses for Southern Democrats' racist attitudes toward black Americans and for giving private citizens a license to murder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 189g
• ISBN-13: 9780761864325
• ISBN-10: 0761864326
• Artikelnr.: 41122400

Autorenporträt

By Vanessa A. Holloway

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. States' Rights
States' Wrongs I. The Conduit to Getting Away with Murder II. "No" with Authority
the Solid South in Congress III. Blaming Racism and the Democratic Solidarity in the Senate IV. White Supremacy
the Unwritten Law of the Land V. The Disappointment
Stymied by Old Southern Politics Appendix A: Profiles of the 51st-82nd Congress Appendix B: Southern Democratic Senators
51st-82nd Congress