Joe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma / / Robert E. Luckett Jr. ; designed by Peter D. Halverson
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| Autore: |
Luckett Robert E., Jr.
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| Titolo: |
Joe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma / / Robert E. Luckett Jr. ; designed by Peter D. Halverson
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| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, [Mississippi] : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.1196/0730762 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century |
| Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century | |
| Racism - Mississippi - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mississippi Race relations History 20th century |
| Mississippi Politics and government 1951- | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HalversonPeter D. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Joe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma |
| ISBN: | 1-4968-0273-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461648803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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