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

by John L. Smith

Book Overview

The Westside Slugger is the powerful story of civil rights in Las Vegas and Nevada through the eyes and experience of Joe Neal, a history-making state lawmaker in Nevada. Neal rose from humble beginnings in Mound, Louisiana, during the Great Depression to become the first African American to serve in the Nevada State Senate.

Filled with an intense desire for education, he joined the United States Air Force and later graduated from Southern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1948908034
• ISBN13: 9781948908030
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"