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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holloway, Vanessa A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States--History.

Civil rights.

Racism--United States--20th century.

Racism.

Hate crimes--United States.

Hate crimes.

Murder--United States.

Murder.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.

Southern States.

United States. Congress. Senate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<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>

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7618-6433-4

OCLC:

897905658