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Civil rights and the making of the modern American state

Francis, Megan Ming, 1981- author

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\"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.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• 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. / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.
• ISBN: 9781107037106, 1107037107, 9781107697973, 1107697972

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JC599.U5 F73 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE