Black Rage in New Orleans : Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina /

In Black Rage in New Orleans, Moore traces the shocking history of police corruption in the Crescent City from World War II to Hurricane Katrina and the concurrent rise of a large and energized black opposition to it. Moore explores a staggering array of NOPD abuses - police homicides, sexual violen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Leonard N., 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Police-community relations.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Relations police-collectivite > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Police-community relations > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Black Rage in New Orleans, Moore traces the shocking history of police corruption in the Crescent City from World War II to Hurricane Katrina and the concurrent rise of a large and energized black opposition to it. Moore explores a staggering array of NOPD abuses - police homicides, sexual violence against women, racial profiling, and complicity in drug deals, prostitution rings, burglaries, protection schemes, and gun smuggling - and the increasingly voceriferous calls for reform by the city's black community. The first book-length study of police brutality and African American protest in.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages).
ISBN:9780807137406

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