A more noble cause
Subtitle: A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana : a personal biography
By: Rachel L. Emanuel and Alexander P. Tureaud, Jr
Contributors: Tureaud, Alexander P., 1936-
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780807137932; 9780807137949; 9780807139424; 9780807139431
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Race relations; Segregation in education; Civil rights; School integration; Civil rights movements; Segregation; History; African Americans; Biography; Civil rights workers
Other titles: A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Underestimated and misperceived; title: Of creole heritage; title: Educating Alex; title: Southern exodus; title: Preparing for a legal career; title: Return to New Orleans; title: Meeting Lucille; title: Growing community involvement; title: The war years; title: NAACP lawyer; title: Law and fatherhood; title: "Separate but equal" strengthened in the face of desegregation; title: Desegregation of primary and secondary schools; title: The politician; title: Desegregation battles after Brown; title: Enforcing Brown's mandate in New Orleans grade schools; title: Catholics and desegregation; title: More to the desegregation mandate; title: Reconstructing public education; title: More direct action; title: Courts are the way; title: Race against time.