02601nam 2200589 450 991081622470332120230807221629.01-4968-0273-X(CKB)3710000000466147(EBL)4397086(StDuBDS)EDZ0001597379(MiAaPQ)EBC4397086(OCoLC)911255325(MdBmJHUP)muse47247(Au-PeEL)EBL4397086(CaPaEBR)ebr11155619(CaONFJC)MIL823960(EXLCZ)99371000000046614720160307h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierJoe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma /Robert E. Luckett Jr. ; designed by Peter D. HalversonJackson, [Mississippi] :University Press of Mississippi,2015.©20151 online resource (315 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4968-0269-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.African AmericansCivil rightsMississippiHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsMississippiHistory20th centuryRacismMississippiHistory20th centuryMississippiRace relationsHistory20th centuryMississippiPolitics and government1951-African AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryRacismHistory323.1196/0730762Luckett Robert E.Jr.,1602291Halverson Peter D.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816224703321Joe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma3926220UNINA