Civil rights and the making of the modern American state /
Francis, Megan Ming, 1981-
Civil rights and the making of the modern American state / Megan Ming Francis. - New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xvii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Index : p. 193-197.
Bibliography : p. 191-192.
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.
"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"--
9781107697973 1107697972
2013046192
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 --History --United States--20th century.
Lynching--Law and legislation --United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
323.0973 / FRA
Civil rights and the making of the modern American state / Megan Ming Francis. - New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - xvii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Index : p. 193-197.
Bibliography : p. 191-192.
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.
"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"--
9781107697973 1107697972
2013046192
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 --History --United States--20th century.
Lynching--Law and legislation --United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
323.0973 / FRA