Getting away with murder : the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate /

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 givi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holloway, Vanessa A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Landham : University Press of America, [2014]
Temas:
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate.
United States. > Congress. > Senate
Civil rights > United States > History.
Legislators > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Parlementaires > États-Unis.
members of Congress.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil rights
Legislators
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780761864332
0761864334

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