Devil's sanctuary : an eyewitness history of Mississippi hate crimes /
Presenting the Mississippi's shameful racist history of lynching, arson, denial of rights, false imprisonment, and other heinous crimes, this title includes a narrative that explores how Mississippi became a safe haven for the most violent and virulent racists, who were immune to prosecution fo...
| Основен автор: | Alston, Alex A., 1936- |
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| Други автори: | Dickerson, James. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago, Ill. :
Lawrence Hill Books,
℗♭2009.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=288324 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Devil's sanctuary. |
Съдържание:
- Part I:
- In the beginning:
- The rose and the thorn
- Emmett Till: a prelude to terror
- Mississippi crosses the line
- The lynching that shocked the world
- The loose ends of government
- Hoddy toddy: the intergration of Ole Miss
- The assassination of Medgar Evers
- Philadelphia burning
- Charles Moore and Henry Dee
- Part II:
- Complete breakdown:
- Mississippi's legal jungle
- Mississippi Gestapo
- Praise the Lord, but don't seat the blacks
- All the news that's fit to print
- for White Mississippians
- Inside the FBI: the truth about Mississippi
- Part III:
- Justice delayed:
- Byron De La Beckwith: ordeal by trial and error
- Philadelphia redux: Edgar Ray Killen raised from the dead
- James Ford Seale: time runs out for a killer
- Part IV:
- Picking up the pieces:
- Atonement in a haunted land.