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Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / by Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Desegregation suits and continuing battles -- Coney Island -- School segregation -- Cincinnati City Council -- Fair housing -- Reproductive rights -- Voting rights -- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.…”
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Black rage in New Orleans police brutality and African American activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina / by Moore, Leonard N. (Leonard Nathaniel)

Table of Contents: “…: 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.…”
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In Contempt : Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC / by Yellin, Ed, 1927-, Yellin, Jean Fagan

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