Description |
xiv, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Louisiana -- New Orleans. |
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Police-community relations -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century.
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Police-community relations. |
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History. |
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New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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ISBN |
9780807135907 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807135909 cloth alkaline paper |
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