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9780761864325
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〈span〉〈span〉During the early twentieth century, nearly 200 anti-lynching proposals were introduced in the United States Congress. Getting Away with Murder argues that constitutional defenses for these proposals were merely excuses for Southern Democrats' racist attitudes toward black Americans and for giving private citizens a license to murder.〈/span〉〈/span〉
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Conduit to Getting Away with Murder; 2 "No" with Authority, the Solid South in Congress; 3 Blaming Racism and the Democratic Solidarity in the Senate; 4 White Supremacy, the Unwritten Law of the Land; 5 The Disappointment, Stymied by Old Southern Politics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Selected Bibliography
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780761864332
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780761864325
Additional Edition:
Print version Getting Away with Murder : The Twentieth-Century Struggle for Civil Rights in the U.S. Senate
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