Race, crime, and policing in the Jim Crow South : African Americans and law enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920-1945 / Brandon T. Jett.

"Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South traces the growth of the police in the New South, the role of law enforcement in maintaining control over urban African-American populations, the ways black southerners responded to these developments, and most importantly, how African Americans manip...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jett, Brandon T. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Series:Making the modern South.
Subjects:
African Americans > Southern States > Government relations > History > 20th century.
Police-community relations > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in law enforcement > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Law enforcement > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Law enforcement.
Police-community relations.
Race relations.
Southern States.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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