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The color of the third degree : racism, police torture, and civil rights in the American South, 1930-1955 Cover Image

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The color of the third degree : racism, police torture, and civil rights in the American South, 1930-1955

Niedermeier, Silvan (author.). Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen), (translator.).

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 1469652978
ISBN: 9781469652979
ISBN: 146965296X
ISBN: 9781469652962
ISBN: 1469652994
ISBN: 9781469652993
Physical Description: 1 online resource
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:march.20 Multi-User. Translation of: Rassismus und Bürgerrechte : Polizeifolter im Süden der USA, 1930-1955. Hamburg : Hamburger Edition, 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019).