A more noble cause [electronic resource] : A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana : a personal biography / Rachel L. Emanuel and Alexander P. Tureaud, Jr.
By: Emanuel, Rachel Lorraine.
Contributor(s): Tureaud, Alexander P | ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011Description: xvi, 293 p., [14] p. of plates : ill.Other title: A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana.Subject(s): Tureaud, Alexander Pierre, 1899-1972 | African American civil rights workers -- Louisiana -- Biography | Civil rights workers -- Louisiana -- Biography | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century | Civil rights movements -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century | Segregation -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century | Segregation in education -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century | School integration -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century | Louisiana -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 323.092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10461018 | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Underestimated and misperceived -- Of creole heritage -- Educating Alex -- Southern exodus -- Preparing for a legal career -- Return to New Orleans -- Meeting Lucille -- Growing community involvement -- The war years -- NAACP lawyer -- Law and fatherhood -- "Separate but equal" strengthened in the face of desegregation -- Desegregation of primary and secondary schools -- The politician -- Desegregation battles after Brown -- Enforcing Brown's mandate in New Orleans grade schools -- Catholics and desegregation -- More to the desegregation mandate -- Reconstructing public education -- More direct action -- Courts are the way -- Race against time.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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