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Joe T. Patterson and the White South's dilemma / Robert E. Luckett Jr. ; designed by Peter D. Halverson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luckett, Robert E., Jr., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.
- Racism.
- Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Mississippi.
- Mississippi--Politics and government--1951-.
- Mississippi. Attorney-General's Office--Biography.
- Patterson, Joe T., 1907-1969.
- Patterson, Joe T.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, [Mississippi] : University Press of Mississippi, 2015.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4968-0273-X
- OCLC:
- 911255325
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