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Race, crime, and policing in the Jim Crow South : African Americans and law enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920-1945 / Brandon T. Jett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jett, Brandon T., author.
- Series:
- Making the modern South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Southern States--Government relations--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Police-community relations--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Police-community relations.
- Discrimination in law enforcement--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in law enforcement.
- Law enforcement--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Law enforcement.
- African Americans--Segregation.
- History.
- Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Southern States.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Crime, Race, and the Development of Police Departments in the Urban South
- CHAPTER 2 African American Responses to Crime in the Urban South
- CHAPTER 3 Police Investigations of African American Homicides
- CHAPTER 4 African Americans and the Police in Black Stolen-Property Cases
- CHAPTER 5 African Americans and the Police in Assault Cases, 1920-1945
- Conclusion
- Notes
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jett, Brandon T.. Race, crime, and policing in the Jim Crow South
- ISBN:
- 9780807175552
- 0807175552
- 9780807175545
- 0807175544
- Publisher Number:
- 40030623157
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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