The Color of the Law: Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South

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THE COLOR OF THE LAW The JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN Series in Mrican American History and Culture Waldo E. Martin Jr. <5 Patricia Sullivan, editors 1M THE POST-WORLD WAR II SOUTH CAlL WILLIAMS O'BRIEM THE UNIV E RSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PR E SS Chapel Hill 6 London © 1999 The University ofNorth Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactmed in the United States ofAmerica This hook was set in Electra and Eagle by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Publication ofthis work was aided hy a generolls grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability ofthe Committee on Production Cuiclelines for Book Longc\'ity of the Council 011 Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publieation Data O'Bricn, Gail Williams. The color ofthe law: race, \ioience, and justice in the post-\Vorld War II South / by Gail Williams O'Brien. p. cm. - (The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture) Includes bihliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8078-2475-5 \cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8078-4802-6 (phk.: alk. paper) 1. Discrimination in criminal justice administration-Southern Statcs-Ilistorv20th centmy. 2. Afro-Alilericans-Southern States-HistorY-20th century. 3. Mobs-Southern States-History-20th century. 4- Southern Statcs-Raee rclations-Historv20th century. 1. Title. 11. Series. HV9955·s63027 1999 364' .oR9'96073075-DC21 ')8-30827 CIP 03 02 01 00 ')9 4 2 THIS BOOK WAS DIGITALLY PRINTED. To Kelly and Tony, with love ...