Black rage in New Orleans: police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina
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...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Press
2010
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| En: | Año: 2010 |
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| Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 4378 |
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| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | XIV, 302 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780807135907 0807135909 |
