Description |
1 online resource |
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 |
Summary |
"Available for the first time in English, 'The Color of the Third Degree' 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. In an effort to deter unruly white mobs, as well as oppress black communities, white southern law officers violently extorted confessions and testimony from black suspects and defendants in jail cells and police stations to secure speedy convictions. In response, black citizens and the NAACP fought to expose these brutal practices through individual action, local organizing, and litigation. In spite of these efforts, police torture remained a widespread, powerful form of racial control and suppression well into the late twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
Translation of: Rassismus und Bürgerrechte : Polizeifolter im Süden der USA, 1930-1955. Hamburg : Hamburger Edition, 2014 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English and German |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019) |
Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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Police brutality -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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Torture -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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African American prisoners -- Violence against -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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Racism against Black people -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- African American.
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Police brutality
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Race relations
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Racism
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Torture
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SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Subject |
Southern States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen), translator.
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ISBN |
9781469652993 |
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1469652994 |
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9781469652986 |
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1469652986 |
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