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The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission : Civil Rights and States' Rights /

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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Auteur principal: Katagiri, Yasuhiro, 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781604730326