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.

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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.
Note	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 04, 2019).
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Language	In English and German.
Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Police brutality -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Torture -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	African American prisoners -- Violence against -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	HISTORY -- African American.
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Police brutality. (OCoLC)fst01068571
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
	Torture. (OCoLC)fst01152956
	Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen), translator.
Added Title	Rassismus und Bürgerrechte. English
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
ISBN	9781469652993 (electronic book)
	1469652994 (electronic book)
	9781469652962
	146965296X
	9781469652979
	1469652978

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