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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816224703321

Autore

Luckett Robert E., Jr.

Titolo

Joe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma / / Robert E. Luckett Jr. ; designed by Peter D. Halverson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, [Mississippi] : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4968-0273-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196/0730762

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century

Racism - Mississippi - History - 20th century

Mississippi Race relations History 20th century

Mississippi Politics and government 1951-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lessons in practical segregation -- Challenges for the Jim Crow hierarchy -- Fissures in the segregationist fold -- White paranoia and black informants -- Black advancement and federal intervention -- Braying jackasses -- Would-be ruthless dictators -- Freedom summer -- Practical racism -- School desegregation and freedom of choice.

Sommario/riassunto

As Mississippi's attorney general from 1956 to 1969, Joe T. Patterson led the legal defense for Jim Crow in the state. He faced a dilemma that confronted all white southerners: how to maintain an artificially elevated position for whites in southern society without resorting to violence or intimidation.