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The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission : civil rights and states' rights /
In 1956, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously outlawed legally imposed racial segregation in public schools, Mississippi created the State Sovereignty Commission. This was the executive agency established "to protect the sovereignty of the State of Mississippi ... from encroachmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1956, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously outlawed legally imposed racial segregation in public schools, Mississippi created the State Sovereignty Commission. This was the executive agency established "to protect the sovereignty of the State of Mississippi ... from encroachment thereon by the Federal Government." The code word encroachment implied the state's strong resolve to preserve and protect the racial status quo. In the nomenclature the formality of the word sovereignty supposedly lent dignity to the actions of the Commission. For all practical purposes the Sovereign. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 348 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417509481 9781417509485 9781604730326 1604730323 1283608383 9781283608381 |