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Author:
Luckett, Robert E., Jr.
Title:
Joe T. Patterson and the white south's dilemma : evolving resistance to black advancement / Robert E. Luckett Jr.
Publisher:
University Press of Mississippi,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xiii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Patterson, Joe T.,--1907-1969.
Mississippi.--Attorney-General's Office--Biography.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.
Mississippi--Politics and government--1951-
Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
Contents:
Lessons in practical segregation -- Challenges for the Jim Crow hierarchy -- Fissures in the segregationist fold -- White paranoia and black informants -- Black advancement and federal intervention -- Braying jackasses -- Would-be ruthless dictators -- Freedom summer -- Practical racism -- School desegregation and freedom of choice.
ISBN:
1496802691 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781496802699 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)908375202
LCCN:
2015005900
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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