A more noble cause A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana : a personal biography /

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Main Author: Emanuel, Rachel Lorraine, 1955-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Tureaud, Alexander P., 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.