A more noble cause : A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana : a personal biography / Rachel L. Emanuel and Alexander P. Tureaud, Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emanuel, Rachel Lorraine, 1955-
Other Authors: Tureaud, Alexander P., 1936-
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Tureaud, Alexander Pierre, > 1899-1972.
African American civil rights workers > Louisiana > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Louisiana > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Segregation > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Segregation in education > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
School integration > Louisiana > History > 20th century.
Louisiana > Race relations.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xvi, 293 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
A.P. Tureaud and the struggle for civil rights in Louisiana.
Format: Book
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.