Research Catalog
Racial violence on trial : a handbook with cases, laws, and documents
- Title
- Racial violence on trial : a handbook with cases, laws, and documents / Christopher Waldrep.
- Author
- Waldrep, Christopher, 1951-
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2001], ©2001.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | KF221.M8 W35 2001 | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- Description
- xiv, 311 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- On trial series
- Uniform Title
- On trial.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-301) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background -- 3. Cases. The Colfax Massacre. Black Resistance. Contempt of Court. Brownsville. The NAACP. Continued White Resistance. Leo Frank. The Waco Horror. The U.S. Supreme Court and Due Process. The Blowtorch Killings at Duck Hill. Cultural Shifts. Martyrs before and after 1954. Byron De La Beckwith -- 4. Impact and Legacy -- The Colfax Massacre -- United States v. Shipp -- Leo Frank -- "The Waco Horror" -- Moore, et al. v. Dempsey -- The Scottsboro Boys -- Brown v. Mississippi -- "The South Kills Another Negro" -- The Taxicab Lynching -- Emmett Till -- Byron De La Bechwith -- Key People, Laws, and Concepts.
- ISBN
- 1576072444 (hard : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2001004228
- OCLC
- ocm47443764
- SCSB-4238292
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries