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Steeped in the blood of racism : black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College, Nancy K. Bristow

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"This book recounts the death of two young African Americans, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green and the wounding of twelve others caused when white police and highway patrolmen opened fire on students in front of a women's dormitory at Jackson State College, a historically black college (HBCU) in May, 1970. It situates this story in the broader events of the civil rights and black power eras, emphasizing the role white supremacy played in causing the police violence and shaping their aftermath. A state school controlled by an all-white Board of Trustees, Jackson State had a reputation as a conservative campus where students faced expulsion for activism. By 1970, students were pushing back, responding to the evolving movement for African American freedom. It was this changing campus that law enforcement attacked, reflecting both traditional patterns of repression and the new logic and racially coded rhetoric of "law and order." In the aftermath, the victims and their survivors struggled unsuccessfully to find justice or a place in the nation's public memory. Despite multiple investigative commissions, 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. Few besides the local African American community proved willing to remember. This book provides crucial history for understanding the ongoing crisis of state violence against people of color"--
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eng
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Extent
xiv, 299 pages
Contents
  • Introduction. "Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam" : the shootings of May 15, 1970
  • "A well conceived scheme to maintain racial segregation" : Jackson State College and the struggle for freedom
  • "Wake up brothers and sisters" : civil rights, black power, and a changing campus
  • "Buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun" : the shootings at Jackson State College
  • "They killed a bunch of black kids" : the struggles over the aftermath
  • "The law says they can do it, and they did it" : the civil suit and the power of the law and order perspective
  • "Largely unknown to the public" : race, law and order, and the struggle over memory
  • Conclusion. "It was not a story to pass on" : the ongoing trauma of state violence
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9780190215378
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Steeped in the blood of racism : black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College
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Steeped in the blood of racism
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black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College
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Nancy K. Bristow
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Language
eng
Summary
"This book recounts the death of two young African Americans, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green and the wounding of twelve others caused when white police and highway patrolmen opened fire on students in front of a women's dormitory at Jackson State College, a historically black college (HBCU) in May, 1970. It situates this story in the broader events of the civil rights and black power eras, emphasizing the role white supremacy played in causing the police violence and shaping their aftermath. A state school controlled by an all-white Board of Trustees, Jackson State had a reputation as a conservative campus where students faced expulsion for activism. By 1970, students were pushing back, responding to the evolving movement for African American freedom. It was this changing campus that law enforcement attacked, reflecting both traditional patterns of repression and the new logic and racially coded rhetoric of "law and order." In the aftermath, the victims and their survivors struggled unsuccessfully to find justice or a place in the nation's public memory. Despite multiple investigative commissions, 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. Few besides the local African American community proved willing to remember. This book provides crucial history for understanding the ongoing crisis of state violence against people of color"--
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1958-
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Bristow, Nancy K.
Dewey number
378.762/51
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
LD2596.J22
LC item number
B75 2020
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Jackson State College
  • Jackson State College Shootings, Jackson, Mississippi, 1970
  • African Americans
  • Black power
  • Student movements
  • Riots
  • Murder
  • Police shootings
  • Jackson (Miss.)
  • Jackson State College
  • African Americans
  • Black power
  • Murder
  • Police shootings
  • Race relations
  • Riots
  • Student movements
  • Mississippi
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Steeped in the blood of racism : black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College, Nancy K. Bristow
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • txt
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Contents
Introduction. "Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam" : the shootings of May 15, 1970 -- "A well conceived scheme to maintain racial segregation" : Jackson State College and the struggle for freedom -- "Wake up brothers and sisters" : civil rights, black power, and a changing campus -- "Buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun" : the shootings at Jackson State College -- "They killed a bunch of black kids" : the struggles over the aftermath -- "The law says they can do it, and they did it" : the civil suit and the power of the law and order perspective -- "Largely unknown to the public" : race, law and order, and the struggle over memory -- Conclusion. "It was not a story to pass on" : the ongoing trauma of state violence
Control code
on1121083654
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xiv, 299 pages
Isbn
9780190215378
Lccn
2019039307
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Steeped in the blood of racism : black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College, Nancy K. Bristow
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. "Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam" : the shootings of May 15, 1970 -- "A well conceived scheme to maintain racial segregation" : Jackson State College and the struggle for freedom -- "Wake up brothers and sisters" : civil rights, black power, and a changing campus -- "Buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun" : the shootings at Jackson State College -- "They killed a bunch of black kids" : the struggles over the aftermath -- "The law says they can do it, and they did it" : the civil suit and the power of the law and order perspective -- "Largely unknown to the public" : race, law and order, and the struggle over memory -- Conclusion. "It was not a story to pass on" : the ongoing trauma of state violence
Control code
on1121083654
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xiv, 299 pages
Isbn
9780190215378
Lccn
2019039307
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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