The Westside slugger: Joe Neal's lifelong fight for social justice

"The Westside Slugger tells the story of Joe Neal, who rose from the sharecropped fields of Madison Parish, Louisiana during the Great Depression to become a history-making state lawmaker in Nevada, once known derisively as "the Mississippi of the West." Neal was part of a group that...

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1. Verfasser: Smith, John L. 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Reno University of Nevada Press [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History
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Zusammenfassung:"The Westside Slugger tells the story of Joe Neal, who rose from the sharecropped fields of Madison Parish, Louisiana during the Great Depression to become a history-making state lawmaker in Nevada, once known derisively as "the Mississippi of the West." Neal was part of a group that worked courageously to register the first black voters in Madison Parish history, and he battled for equal rights against long odds on the floor of the Nevada Legislature for more than three decades."...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references.
Beschreibung:xii, 273 Seiten, 10 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:9781948908030
9781948908498

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