Getting away with murder the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate / Vanessa A. Holloway.

Author/creator Holloway, Vanessa A.
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Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2015]
Descriptionix, 111 pages ; 23 cm
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Portion of title Twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate
Contents 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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 103-111).
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LCCN 2014943349
ISBN0761864326 (paperback)
ISBN9780761864325 (paperback)
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