02681nam 2200637 450 991080830820332120200520144314.00-7618-6433-4(CKB)2670000000583745(EBL)1884232(SSID)ssj0001468749(PQKBManifestationID)11766436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001468749(PQKBWorkID)11536418(PQKB)10697499(MiAaPQ)EBC1884232(Au-PeEL)EBL1884232(CaPaEBR)ebr11027584(CaONFJC)MIL675005(OCoLC)897905658(EXLCZ)99267000000058374520140616h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGetting away with murder the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate /Vanessa A. HollowayLanham, Maryland :University Press of America, Inc.,[2015]©20151 online resource (123 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-6432-6 1-322-43723-8 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Conduit to Getting Away with Murder; 2 "No" with Authority, the Solid South in Congress; 3 Blaming Racism and the Democratic Solidarity in the Senate; 4 White Supremacy, the Unwritten Law of the Land; 5 The Disappointment, Stymied by Old Southern Politics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Selected Bibliography<span><span>During the early twentieth century, nearly 200 anti-lynching proposals were introduced in the United States Congress. Getting Away with Murder argues that constitutional defenses for these proposals were merely excuses for Southern Democrats' racist attitudes toward black Americans and for giving private citizens a license to murder.</span></span>Civil rightsUnited StatesHistoryRacismUnited States20th centuryHate crimesUnited StatesMurderUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government20th centurySouthern StatesPolitics and government20th centuryCivil rightsHistory.RacismHate crimesMurder323.1196073Holloway Vanessa A.1100350MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808308203321Getting away with murder3936253UNINA