Murder in Mississippi : United States v. Price and the struggle for civil rights

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Murder in Mississippi : United States v. Price and the struggle for civil rights

Title remainder

United States v. Price and the struggle for civil rights

Statement of responsibility

Howard Ball

Creator

• Ball, Howard, 1937-

Subject

• Bürgerrechtsbewegung
• Chaney, James E
• Chaney, James E, 1943-1964
• Chaney, James Earl <1943-1964>
• Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
• Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
• Civil rights workers -- Crimes against
• Civil rights workers -- Crimes against -- Mississippi | Neshoba County -- History -- 20th century
• Défenseurs des droits de l'homme, Crimes contre les -- Mississippi -- Neshoba (Comté) | Histoire | 20e siècle
• Défenseurs des droits de l'homme, Crimes contre les -- Mississippi | Neshoba (Comté) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
• Geschichte 1900-2000.
• Goodman, Andrew
• Goodman, Andrew <1943-1964>
• Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
• Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
• Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
• History
• Menschenrechtsverletzung
• Meurtre -- Mississippi -- Neshoba (Comté) | Histoire | 20e siècle
• Meurtre -- Mississippi | Neshoba (Comté) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
• Mississippi
• Mississippi
• Mississippi -- Neshoba County
• Mord
• Murder
• Murder -- Mississippi | Neshoba County -- History -- 20th century
• Procès (Meurtre) -- Mississippi
• Rassendiskriminierung
• Schwerner, Michael Henry
• Schwerner, Michael Henry <1939-1964>
• Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
• Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
• Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
• Strafverfahren
• Trials (Murder)
• Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi
• 1900-1999

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

Few episodes in the modern civil rights movement were more galvanizing or more memorialized than the brutal murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney--idealists eager to protect and promote the rights of black Americans, even in the deep and very dangerous South. In films like Mississippi Burning and popular folk songs, these young men have been venerated as martyrs. Even so, the landmark legal dimensions of their murder case have until now remained largely lost. Howard Ball reminds us just how problematic the prosecution of the murderers--all members of the KKK--actually was. When the State of Mississippi failed to indict them, the U.S. tried to prosecute the case in federal district court. The judge there, however, ruled that the federal government had no jurisdiction. When the U.S. appealed, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the lower court decision, claiming that federal authorities did indeed have the power to police civil rights violations in any state. United States v. Price (1967) thus produced a landmark decision that signaled a seismic shift in American legal history and race relations, for it meant that local authorities could no longer shield racist lawbreakers. Ball weaves the tales of victims and perpetrators into a single compelling story in which the legal process becomes as much personal as political.--From publisher description

Member of

• Landmark law cases & American society

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

345.73/02523/09762

Index

index present

LC call number

KF224.M47

LC item number

B35 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Landmark law cases & American society