ISBN:
1469652994
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9781469652993
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Uniform Title:
Rassismus und Bürgerrechte
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Niedermeier, Silvan Color of the third degree
DDC:
305.800975
Keywords:
Police brutality History 20th century
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Torture History 20th century
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African American prisoners Violence against 20th century
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History
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Racism History 20th century
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African Americans Civil rights 20th century
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History
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Racism
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Torture
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African Americans ; Civil rights
;
Southern States
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Police brutality
;
History
;
Race relations
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HISTORY ; African American
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Southern States Race relations 20th century
;
History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Translation of: Rassismus und Bürgerrechte : Polizeifolter im Süden der USA, 1930-1955. Hamburg : Hamburger Edition, 2014
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