Law Enforcement: A Report on Equal Protection in the SouthU.S. Government Printing Office, 1965 - 188 páginas "The report presents and analyzes information concerning discriminatory law enforcement practices in several southern communities. This information was obtained by the Commission from extensive investigations in 1964 and a public hearing held in Jackson, Mississippi, in February 1965. The Commission has found that too often those responsible for local law enforcement have failed to provide equal protection of the laws to persons attempting to exercise rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution and the laws of the United States"--Page iii. |
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... Klan which , by 1869 , had become a powerful terrorist organization.23 At- tempts by various States to control Klan activities were unsuc- cessful . The growth of vigilante terror led to a second major congressional investigation by a ...
... Klan which , by 1869 , had become a powerful terrorist organization.23 At- tempts by various States to control Klan activities were unsuc- cessful . The growth of vigilante terror led to a second major congressional investigation by a ...
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... Klan " the evidence is equally decisive that redress cannot be obtained against those who commit crimes in disguise and at night . " The reasons were difficulty of identifica- tion , perjured testimony , the Klan oath , and " the terror ...
... Klan " the evidence is equally decisive that redress cannot be obtained against those who commit crimes in disguise and at night . " The reasons were difficulty of identifica- tion , perjured testimony , the Klan oath , and " the terror ...
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... Klan influence and violence relating to the nomination and election of Earle B. Mayfield , U.S. Senator from Texas . 37 See , e.g. , Alexander , The Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest ( 1965 ) ; Ames , The Chang- ing Character of Lynching ...
... Klan influence and violence relating to the nomination and election of Earle B. Mayfield , U.S. Senator from Texas . 37 See , e.g. , Alexander , The Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest ( 1965 ) ; Ames , The Chang- ing Character of Lynching ...
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... Klan group lives in Natchez , the county seat , and the Americans for the Preservation of the White Race , another extremist group , was founded there . Although there was little civil rights activity in Adams County in 1964 , 1 Federal ...
... Klan group lives in Natchez , the county seat , and the Americans for the Preservation of the White Race , another extremist group , was founded there . Although there was little civil rights activity in Adams County in 1964 , 1 Federal ...
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... of Jerusalem Baptist and Bethel A.M.E. Churches , T. 497. The report originally read " 63 people were contacted . " The words “ a num- ber of " were inserted in pencil . 14 T. 140 . others were members of the Ku Klux Klan , 15 18.
... of Jerusalem Baptist and Bethel A.M.E. Churches , T. 497. The report originally read " 63 people were contacted . " The words “ a num- ber of " were inserted in pencil . 14 T. 140 . others were members of the Ku Klux Klan , 15 18.
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