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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Katagiri, Yasuhiro, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission > History.
States' rights (American politics)
Race relations.
Politics and government
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Segregation.
African Americans > Civil rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Segregation > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
States' rights (American politics) > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
History
Electronic books.
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781604730326

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