The Color of the Third Degree : Racism, Police Torture, and Civil Rights in the American South, 1930-1955 /

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"Available for the first time in English, 'The Color of the Third Degree' uncovers the still-hidden history of police torture in the Jim Crow South. Based on a wide array of previously neglected archival sources, Silvan Niedermeier argues that as public lynching decreased, less visibl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Niedermeier, Silvan (Autor)
Otros Autores: Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen) (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Torture.
Racism.
Race relations.
Police brutality.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > African American.
Racisme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Prisonniers noirs americains > Violence envers > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Brutalites policieres > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Racism > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African American prisoners > Violence against > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Torture > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Police brutality > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Police torture and "legal lynchings" in the American South
  • Torture and African American courtroom testimony
  • The NAACP campaign against "forced confessions"
  • Selective public outrage: the Quintar South case
  • The investigations by the federal government.

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