John Kennedy was President when five young men, one of them white,
sat in at a downtown New Orleans lunch counter. The same five sat
in at the Tulane University cafeteria months later. The University
didn't change its "whites only" policy, nor did Woolworth's, but in
May 1961, the Parish School Board announced they would open the
Orleans public school system to children of all races. Wood came to
New Orleans on his motorcycle looking for adventure. The first
night, he crashed a hotel wedding reception, hustled a Bourbon
Street strip joint, was swept up in a police raid, got a part-time
job as an animal caretaker, and met the women of his dreams-all
three of them. For Wood, the integration movement is of no more
interest than scenery glimpsed from a passing train, like a sit-in
at a five and dime, a meeting of the Congress on Racial Equality,
Leander Perez at the Civic Auditorium, a Citizen's Council fund
raiser in the Garden District, and a riot at an elementary school.
General
Imprint: |
Zany Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2009 |
First published: |
August 2009 |
Authors: |
Phillip Good
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
210 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9841603-8-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-9841603-8-8 |
Barcode: |
9780984160389 |
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