Black rage in New Orleans : police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moore, Leonard N. (Leonard Nathaniel)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Police-community relations > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century. African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 20th century. New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: police violence, New Orleans, and the postwar urban landscape
Negro police will aid in law and order: the fight for black police in the Crescent City
Or does it explode?: the black freedom struggle comes to New Orleans
"We want an end to police brutality": the Black Panthers, desire, and police repression
The politics of self-defense: Mark Essex, the soul patrol, and black vigilantism
The right to organize: the Black Organization of Police, mass protest, and the city council hearings
Black power politics: Ernest "Dutch" Morial and the limits of police reform
"We are living in a police state": the Algiers tragedy, the maturation of community protest, and the politics of a civilian review board
Black-on-black crime: the consequences of white flight, the war on drugs, and political indifference
"A new day in Babylon": the professionalization of the New Orleans Police Department and the claiming of urban public space.