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White fright : the sexual panic at the heart of America's racist history /

In White Fright, acclaimed historian Jane Dailey offers a radical reinterpretation of the fight for African American rights, showing how that fight has been closely bound, both in terms of law and in the white imagination, to the question of interracial sex and marriage. White fear of black sexualit...

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Main Author: Dailey, Jane Elizabeth, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Miscegenation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Interracial marriage > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Sexual behavior > Public opinion.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions.
Whites > Southern States > Attitudes.
White supremacy movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Southern States > Race relations.
Southern States > Social conditions.

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