The color of the third degree : racism, police torture, and civil rights in the American South, 1930-1955 / Silvan Niedermeier ; translated by Paul Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niedermeier, Silvan, author.

Contributor:

Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen), translator.

Series:

North Carolina scholarship online.

North Carolina scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Rassismus und Bürgerrechte. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Police brutality--Southern States--History--20th century.

Police brutality.

Torture--Southern States--History--20th century.

Torture.

African American prisoners--Violence against--Southern States--History--20th century.

African American prisoners.

Racism--Southern States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages).

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English and German.

Summary:

This text uncovers the still-hidden history of police torture in the Jim Crow South. Based on a wide array of previously neglected archival sources, Silvan Niedermeier argues that as public lynching decreased, less visible practices of racial subjugation and repression became central to southern white supremacy.

Contents:

Police torture and "legal lynchings" in the American South

Torture and African American courtroom testimony

The NAACP campaign against "forced confessions"

Selective public outrage: the Quintar South case

The investigations by the federal government.

Notes:

Translated from the German.

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 4, 2021).

ISBN:

1-4696-5299-4

OCLC:

1119730504

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.