RT Book T1 Getting away with murder: the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate A1 Holloway, Vanessa A. LA English PP Lanham, Md. u.a. PB University Press of America YR 2015 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/818590122 AB The book investigates underlying motives of opposition to Senate filibustering and invites an intellectual discussion on why Southern Democrats thought states' rights were the remedy to lynching, when, in fact, the phenomenon was a baffling national crisis.--Provided by publisher AB Introduction: States' Rights, States' Wrongs -- The conduit to getting away with murder -- "No" with authority, the solid South in Congress -- Blaming racism and the Democratic solidarity in the Senate -- White supremacy, the unwritten law of the land -- The disappointment, stymied by Old Southern politics -- Appendix A: Profiles of the 51st-82nd Congress -- Appendix B: Southern Democratic Senators, 51st-82nd Congress CN JC599.U5 SN 9780761864325 K1 United States : Congress : Senate K1 Legislators : United States K1 African Americans : Civil rights : History K1 Civil Rights : United States : History K1 USA : Congress : Senate : Bürgerrecht : Geschichte 1900-2000