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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1. VerfasserIn: Moore, Leonard Nathaniel 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2010
In:Jahr: 2010
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African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century > Louisiana > New Orleans
Police-community relations > History > 20th century > Louisiana > New Orleans
African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 20th century
Police-community relations > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century
New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
New Orleans, La. > Polizei > Korruption > Gewaltkriminalität > Antirassismus > Geschichte 1950-2010
New Orleans, La. > Polizei > Korruption > Gewaltkriminalität > Rassismus > Aktivismus > Geschichte 1950-2010
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physische Details:XIV, 302 S.
ISBN:978-0-8071-3590-7
0-8071-3590-9