Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South : African Americans and Law Enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920-1945 /

"Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South traces the growth of the police in the New South, the role of law enforcement in maintaining control over urban African-American populations, the ways black southerners responded to these developments, and most importantly, how African Americans...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jett, Brandon T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Police-community relations.
Law enforcement.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
African Americans > Segregation.
Law enforcement > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in law enforcement > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Police-community relations > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Southern States > Government relations > History > 20th century.
Southern States.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South traces the growth of the police in the New South, the role of law enforcement in maintaining control over urban African-American populations, the ways black southerners responded to these developments, and most importantly, how African Americans manipulated the police into serving the interests of the black community. In so doing, it adds much to our understanding of race relations in the urban South during the Jim Crow era and contributes to current debates around the relationship between the police and minorities in the United States"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages).
ISBN:9780807175545

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