Race, crime, and policing in the Jim Crow South: African Americans and law enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920-1945

"Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South traces the growth of the police in the New South, the role of law enforcement in maintaining control over urban African-American populations, the ways black southerners responded to these developments, and most importantly, how African Americans...

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Main Author: Jett, Brandon T. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
African Americans > Southern States > Government relations > History > 20th century
Police-community relations > Southern States > History > 20th century
Discrimination in law enforcement > Southern States > History > 20th century
Law Enforcement > Southern States > History > 20th century
African Americans > Segregation
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century
USA > Südstaaten > Schwarze > Polizei > Ethnische Beziehungen > Geschichte 1920-1945
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Summary:"Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South traces the growth of the police in the New South, the role of law enforcement in maintaining control over urban African-American populations, the ways black southerners responded to these developments, and most importantly, how African Americans manipulated the police into serving the interests of the black community. In so doing, it adds much to our understanding of race relations in the urban South during the Jim Crow era and contributes to current debates around the relationship between the police and minorities in the United States"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xi, 235 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9780807175071