Devil's Sanctuary: An Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes (Adobe Reader) ebook download James L. Dickerson

Devil's Sanctuary: An Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes

Recalling the state's shameful racist history of lynching, arson, denial of rights, false imprisonment, and other heinous crimes, this riveting narrative explores how Mississippi became a safe haven for the most violent and virulent racists, who were immune to prosecution for their crimes. This sanctuary of the then status quo emerged from the 1956 Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission's efforts to preserve segregation and "Mississippi Values" by declaring the state outside the jurisdiction of the federal government. Analysis of the major crimes, the institutional collusion, delayed and never-delivered justice, and the state's attempts at atonement are interspersed with the authors' recollections of what they saw, heard, and experienced as whites-thus "insiders"-during this troubled time. With commentary extending to the present day, this is both a well-researched history and an eyewitness record of living through an era of judicial, media, and economic terrorism directed against African Americans.

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Title of ebook: Devil's Sanctuary: An Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes
ISBN: 9781569763148
parent-ISBN: 9781556527630
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Internet download file size: 2916 kb
Published: 07-2009
Released online for download: 07-22-2009
Author of eBook: Dickerson, James L.

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