Steeped in the blood of racism : black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bristow, Nancy K., 1958- author.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford scholarship online Oxford scholarship online.
Subject:	Jackson State College -- History. Jackson State College Shootings, Jackson, Mississippi, 1970. African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Jackson. Black power -- Mississippi -- Jackson. Student movements -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- History -- 20th century. Riots -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- History -- 20th century. Police shootings -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- History -- 20th century. Jackson (Miss.) -- Race relations.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12685067

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ISBN:	9780190092115 (ebook) : No price
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 31, 2020).
Summary:	Two young African Americans, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green, were killed and twelve others wounded when white police opened fire on students in front of a dormitory at Jackson State College in May 1970. The victims and survivors struggled unsuccessfully to find justice, or a place in the nation's public memory. Despite multiple investigations, two grand juries, and a civil suit, no officers were charged, no restitution was paid, and no apologies were offered. Overshadowed by the shooting of white students at Kent State University ten days earlier, the violence was routinely misunderstood as similar in cause, a story that evaded the essential role of race in causing it. This book provides crucial context for situating the ongoing crisis of state violence against people of color in its long history.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version : 9780190215378

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