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