TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moore,Leonard N.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Black rage in New Orleans: police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina 
AV  - F379.N557 M66 2010eb
U1  - 363.2/32 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Baton Rouge
PB  - Louisiana State University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - New Orleans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Police-community relations
KW  - History
KW  - New Orleans (La.)
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10408462
ER  -