Breaking Barriers : A View from the Bench /

"This memoir describes how Freddie Pitcher made history in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by becoming the first Black elected to judgeships at three different levels of the court system. Pitcher recounts his early years in Valley Park-a semi-rural and segregated community-revealing that one of his cou...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pitcher, Freddie, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pitcher, Freddie, > 1945-
African American judges.
African American judges > Louisiana > Biography.
Louisiana.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • Prologue. Election Night: A Night of Anxiety and Jubilation
  • 1. How It All Began
  • 2. Career Path: Working the Politics
  • 3. The Phone Call That Started It All
  • 4. Running for Judge and Challenges
  • 5. Making Another Run: Nineteenth Judicial District Court
  • 6. Elected: Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court
  • 7. Moving Up: Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal
  • 8. Postjudicial Years and New Heights in Academia
  • Afterword
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX
  • Illustrations

Ejemplares similares