Press Robinson

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My Life as a Baton Rouge Community Pioneer

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this down-to-earth memoir, longtime educator and community leader Press L. Robinson Sr. recounts his hardscrabble childhood in South Carolina, his education at Morehouse College and Howard University, his career as a professor and administrator in the Southern University system, and his activities as a community leader in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The first elected Black member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, Robinson consistently fought to level the playing fields for Black Americans and to better the social and physical environment of his adopted city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807183632
• Artikelnr.: 70471938

Autorenporträt

Press L. Robinson Sr. began his career as an assistant professor of chemistry at Southern University Baton Rouge. He retired forty-one years later, having served as associate vice chancellor at Southern University Baton Rouge, chancellor at Southern University New Orleans, and vice president of the Southern University system.