A01=Press L. Robinson
Author_Press L. Robinson
Baton Rouge
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chancellor
change agent
civil rights
class
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
education
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equal rights
Howard University
Louisiana
Morehouse College
racial discrimination
Scotlandville
Southern University Baton Rouge
Southern University New Orleans
Sr.
voting rights
Product details
- ISBN 9780807182819
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2024
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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.
