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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Katagiri, Yasuhiro, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2001.
Subjects:
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission > History.
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.
Since 1900
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
States' rights (American politics) > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Segregation.
Civil rights movements.
Politics and government
Race relations.
States' rights (American politics)
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
Mississippi > Race relations.
Mississippi > Relations raciales.
Mississippi.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: FOR THE PURITY OF WHITE BLOOD: The Dixiecrat Revolt and the Creation of the Legal Educational Advisory Committee in Mississippi; Chapter 1 TO PROTECT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: The Origins of the State Sovereignty Commission; Chapter 2 FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN: Mobilizing Black Informants; Chapter 3 TO MAINTAIN SEGREGATION IN MISSISSIPPI AT ALL COSTS: Revitalizing the State Sovereignty Commission; Chapter 4 THE GREATEST STATES' RIGHTS STATE: Helping Ross Keep Mississippi Sovereign
  • Chapter 5 FEELINGS RUN DEEP AND BLOOD RUNS HOT: Submerging the State Sovereignty CommissionChapter 6 OFFICIALLY BUT DISCREETLY: Dealing with Unreconstructed Forces; Chapter 7 THE LAST HURRAH: Cracking Down on New Subversives; Conclusion: TO GRAPPLE WITH THE PAST: From Mississippi Burning to Mississippi Learning
  • Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

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