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04121aam a22004458i 4500 001 230D56B2BB6011EA94CB452497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200701010008 008 191125s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019039307 020 $a 0190215372 020 $a 9780190215378 (hardcover) 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ms 050 00 $a LD2596.J22 $b B75 2020 082 00 $a 378.762/51 $2 23 100 1 $a Bristow, Nancy K., $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Steeped in the blood of racism : $b black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College / $c Nancy K. Bristow. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2020. 263 $a 2004 300 $a 299 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction. "Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam" : the shootings of May 15, 1970 -- "A well conceived scheme to maintain racial segregation" : Jackson State College and the struggle for freedom -- "Wake up brothers and sisters" : civil rights, black power, and a changing campus -- "Buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun" : the shootings at Jackson State College -- "They killed a bunch of black kids" : the struggles over the aftermath -- "The law says they can do it, and they did it" : the civil suit and the power of the law and order perspective -- "Largely unknown to the public" : race, law and order, and the struggle over memory -- Conclusion. "It was not a story to pass on" : the ongoing trauma of state violence. 520 $a "This book recounts the death of two young African Americans, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green and the wounding of twelve others caused when white police and highway patrolmen opened fire on students in front of a women's dormitory at Jackson State College, a historically black college (HBCU) in May, 1970. It situates this story in the broader events of the civil rights and black power eras, emphasizing the role white supremacy played in causing the police violence and shaping their aftermath. A state school controlled by an all-white Board of Trustees, Jackson State had a reputation as a conservative campus where students faced expulsion for activism. By 1970, students were pushing back, responding to the evolving movement for African American freedom. It was this changing campus that law enforcement attacked, reflecting both traditional patterns of repression and the new logic and racially coded rhetoric of "law and order." In the aftermath, the victims and their survivors struggled unsuccessfully to find justice or a place in the nation's public memory. Despite multiple investigative commissions, two grand juries, and a civil suit, no officers were charged, no restitution was paid, and no apologies were offered. Overshadowed by the shooting of white students at Kent State University ten days earlier, the violence was routinely misunderstood as similar in cause, a story that evaded the essential role of race in causing it. Few besides the local African American community proved willing to remember. This book provides crucial history for understanding the ongoing crisis of state violence against people of color"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Jackson State College $x History. 650 0 $a Jackson State College Shootings, Jackson, Mississippi, 1970. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Civil rights $z Jackson. $z Jackson. 650 0 $a Black power $z Jackson. $z Jackson. 650 0 $a Student movements $z Jackson $z Jackson $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Riots $z Jackson $z Jackson $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Murder $z Jackson $z Jackson $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Police shootings $z Jackson $z Jackson $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Jackson (Miss.) $x Race relations. 941 $a 4 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014025.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721015232.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200702010231.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200701010358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=230D56B2BB6011EA94CB452497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search