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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Niedermeier, Silvan (Author)
Other Authors: Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen) (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Police brutality > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Torture > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African American prisoners > Violence against > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Racism > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Brutalités policières > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prisonniers noirs américains > Violence envers > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > African American.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Police brutality.
Race relations.
Racism.
Torture.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Southern States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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