Getting away with murder : the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate / / Vanessa A. Holloway

• Autore: Holloway Vanessa A.
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (123 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1196073
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights - United States - History; Racism - United States - 20th century; Hate crimes - United States; Murder - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 20th century; Southern States Politics and government 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: <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>
• Titolo autorizzato: Getting away with murder
• ISBN: 0-7618-6433-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808308203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II