Getting away with murder the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate / Vanessa A. Holloway.
| Author/creator | Holloway, Vanessa A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2015] |
| Description | ix, 111 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014943349 |
| ISBN | 0761864326 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780761864325 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |