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

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Niedermeier, Silvan (Author)
Other Authors:	Cohen, Paul (Paul Allen) (Translator)
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Subjects:	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.
Online Access:	MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: 2019 (EBSCO) EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	The Color of the Third Degree: Racism, Police Torture, and Civil Rights in the American South, 1930–1955
Format:	Electronic eBook

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MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: 2019 (EBSCO)
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