Download or read book Pressing Forward written by Press L. Robinson, Sr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.