Devil's Sanctuary

Devil's Sanctuary
  • Author: Alex A. Alston
  • Publisher: Chicago Review Press
  • ISBN: 1556527632
  • Category: History
  • Page: 369
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A first-hand narrative account of hate crimes that have taken place in the state of Mississippi documents the 1956 Sovereignty Commission's efforts to preserve segregation and local values by declaring the state outside of federal jurisdiction, detailing harrowing acts of lynching, arson, wrongful imprisonment, and other criminal actions that were subsequently enabled.

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