02543nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10408462 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090722s2010 lauaf sb s001 0 eng 2009030247 9780807135907 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807135909 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)659561007 n-us-la F379.N557 M66 2010eb 363.2/32 22 Moore, Leonard N. (Leonard Nathaniel) Black rage in New Orleans [electronic resource] : police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina / Leonard N. Moore. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010. xiv, 302 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10408462 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 80243 80243