02740cam a22003855a 4500 17995466 20160802094058.0 140113s2014 enka b 001 0 eng 2013046192 9781107697973 1107697972 DLC eng DLC EG-ScBUE pcc n-us--- 22 323.0973 FRA Francis, Megan Ming,‏ 1981-‏ 40602 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"-- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 40603 United States Supreme Court. 40604 Civil rights United States. BUEsh 40606 African Americans Civil rights History 20th century. BUEsh 40605 African Americans Legal status, laws, etc. BUEsh 40607 Civil rights movements United States History 20th century. BUEsh 40610 Lynching Law and legislation United States. BUEsh 40608 Constitutional law United States. BUEsh 40609 BUEsh LLAAWW August 2016 ddc 22 323.0973 FRA 22095 22067 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2016-08-02 Purchase 513.00 26080 1 323.0973 FRA 000033047 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2022-04-17 641.25 BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2016-08-02 Purchase 513.00 26080 0 323.0973 FRA 000033048 2025-07-15 00:00:00 641.25 BB