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Author Niedermeier, Silvan, author.

Title The color of the third degree : racism, police torture, and civil rights in the American South, 1930-1955 / Silvan Niedermeier ; translated by Paul Cohen.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

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Note Translation of: Rassismus und Bürgerrechte : Polizeifolter im Süden der USA, 1930-1955. Hamburg : Hamburger Edition, 2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Police torture and "legal lynchings" in the American South -- Torture and African American courtroom testimony -- The NAACP campaign against "forced confessions" -- Selective public outrage: the Quintar South case -- The investigations by the federal government.
Summary "Available for the first time in English, 'The Color of the Third Degree' uncovers the still-hidden history of police torture in the Jim Crow South. Based on a wide array of previously neglected archival sources, Silvan Niedermeier argues that as public lynching decreased, less visible practices of racial subjugation and repression became central to southern white supremacy. In an effort to deter unruly white mobs, as well as oppress black communities, white southern law officers violently extorted confessions and testimony from black suspects and defendants in jail cells and police stations to secure speedy convictions. In response, black citizens and the NAACP fought to expose these brutal practices through individual action, local organizing, and litigation. In spite of these efforts, police torture remained a widespread, powerful form of racial control and suppression well into the late twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English and German.
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Southern States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Police brutality -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Police brutality.
Torture -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Torture.
African American prisoners -- Violence against -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
African American prisoners.
Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Racism.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Race relations.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Subject Racism.
Added Author Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen), translator.
Added Title Rassismus und Bürgerrechte. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020091787
Other Form: Print version: Niedermeier, Silvan. Rassismus und Bürgerrechte. English. Color of the third degree. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019] 9781469652962 (DLC) 2019027153 (OCoLC)1091847641
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