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Autore |
Finnegan Terence <1961-> |
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Titolo |
A deed so accursed : lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940 / / Terence Finnegan |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lynching - South Carolina - History - 19th century |
Lynching - South Carolina - History - 20th century |
Lynching - Mississippi - History - 19th century |
Lynching - Mississippi - History - 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Strictly a white man's country, with a white man's civilization" : lynching in Mississippi -- "To hell with the constitution" : lynching in South Carolina -- "No rights for the negro which a white man is bound to respect" : lynching and political power in Mississippi and South Carolina -- "The equal of some white men and the superior of others" : African American victims of lynching -- "An example must be made" : lynch mobs and the response of African Americans -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ultimately, Finnegan shows how out of the tragedy of lynching came the triumph of the civil rights movement, which was built upon the organizational efforts of African American anti-lynching campaigns. |
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