Racial reckoning : prosecuting America's civil rights murders /

Few whites who violently resisted the civil rights struggle were charged with crimes in the 1950s and 1960s. But the tide of changed in 1994, and more than one hundred murder cases have been reopened, resulting in over a dozen trials. Yet, as Renee C. Romano shows, addressing the nation's troub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Romano, Renee Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1900-1999
Trials (Murder) > United States > History.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Procès (Meurtre) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
Trials (Murder)
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Mord
Schwarze
Strafverfahren
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
History.
Human rights & civil liberties.
Law.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Few whites who violently resisted the civil rights struggle were charged with crimes in the 1950s and 1960s. But the tide of changed in 1994, and more than one hundred murder cases have been reopened, resulting in over a dozen trials. Yet, as Renee C. Romano shows, addressing the nation's troubled racial past will require more than legal justice.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674736177
0674736176
9780674966888
0674966880

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