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Author Francis, Megan Ming, 1981- author.

Title Civil rights and the making of the modern American state / Megan Ming Francis (Pepperdine University).

Publication Info. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
©2014

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Description xvii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.
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.
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.
Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
United States. Supreme Court.
Civil rights -- United States.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Lynching -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Constitutional law -- United States.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (OCoLC)fst00543609
United States. Supreme Court. (OCoLC)fst00529481
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst00799632
Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Constitutional law. (OCoLC)fst00875797
Lynching -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01004336
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781107697973 (paperback)
1107697972 (paperback)
9781107037106 (hardback)
1107037107 (hardback)
Standard No. 40023620719

 
    
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