The Westside Slugger: Joe Neal's Lifelong Fight for Social Justicevolume 1

ISBN-13: 9781948908498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 296 str.

John L. Smith

Spis treści

• Foreword, by Claytee D. White ix
• Preface xi
• 1. From Louisiana Soil 1
• 2. Welcome to “the Mississippi of the West” 14
• 3. Full Service, Full Citizenship 28
• 4. From Photo Opportunities to Real Opportunities 46
• 5. Meet the New Boss 60
• 6. Breaking Into the System 73
• 7. Interrupting the Party 84
• 8. Poetry, Prose, and Pay Toilets 96
• 9. Showdowns, Putdowns, and Letdowns 114
• 10. The Measure of the Law, Tested by Fire 132
• 11. Fighting Apartheid in the Silver State 147
• 12. Death and Life in the ’80s 155
• 13. Causes, Crotchets, and Column Inches 163
• 14. A Day for Dr. King, Years in the Making 170
• 15. Standing on Shaky Ground 180
• 16. Open Doors, Open Books 186
• 17. Radioactive Politics 192
• 18. The Death of Charles Bush 201
• 19. Battling Artful Tax Dodgers, and Raising the Stakes 207
• 20. A Fly in the Anointment 216
• 21. In the Good Fight, Until the Final Bell 225
• Epilogue: Wins and Losses, and a Legacy 233
• Acknowledgments 241
• A Note on Sources 243
• Selected Bibliography 247
• Index 255
• About the Author 263