Civil rights and the making of the modern American state / Megan Ming Francis (Pepperdine University).
2014
JC599.U5 F73 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Civil rights and the making of the modern American state / Megan Ming Francis (Pepperdine University).
ISBN
9781107697973 paperback
1107697972 paperback
9781107037106 hardcover
1107037107 hardcover
1107697972 paperback
9781107037106 hardcover
1107037107 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
xvii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
JC599.U5 F73 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.0973
Summary
"Did the civil rights movement impact the development of the American state? Despite extensive accounts of civil rights mobilization and narratives of state building, there has been surprisingly little research that explicitly examines the importance and consequence that civil rights activism has had for the process of state building in American political and constitutional development. Through a sweeping archival analysis of the NAACP's battle against lynching and mob violence from 1909 to 1923, this book examines how the NAACP raised public awareness, won over American presidents, and secured the support of Congress. In the NAACP's most far-reaching victory, the Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional rights of black defendants were violated by a white mob in the landmark criminal procedure decision Moore v. Dempsey. This book demonstrates the importance of citizen agency in the making of new constitutional law in a period unexplored by previous scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
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Table of Contents
Rethinking civil rights and American political development
The birth of the NAACP, mob violence, and the challenge of public opinion
The unsteady march into the Oval Office
Anti-lynching legislation and the sinking of the Republican ship in Congress
Defending the right to live
Civil rights bound
Appendix. Manuscript sources.
The birth of the NAACP, mob violence, and the challenge of public opinion
The unsteady march into the Oval Office
Anti-lynching legislation and the sinking of the Republican ship in Congress
Defending the right to live
Civil rights bound
Appendix. Manuscript sources.