Getting Away With Murder - The Twentieth-Century Struggle for Civil Rights in the U.s. Senate

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.

List of contents

Introduction. States' Rights, States' Wrongs
I. The Conduit to Getting Away with Murder
II. "No" with Authority, the Solid South in Congress
III. Blaming Racism and the Democratic Solidarity in the Senate
IV. White Supremacy, the Unwritten Law of the Land
V. The Disappointment, Stymied by Old Southern Politics
Appendix A: Profiles of the 51st-82nd Congress
Appendix B: Southern Democratic Senators, 51st-82nd Congress

About the author

By Vanessa A. Holloway

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa A. Holloway, Holloway Vanessa A.
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2014
• EAN: 9780761864325
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6432-5
• No. of pages: 122
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Civil rights & citizenship, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Central / national / federal government policies, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Central government policies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General