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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154713403321

Titolo

Comrades : A Local History of the Black Panther Party / / edited by Judson L. Jeffries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-253-02778-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Blacks in the Diaspora

Altri autori (Persone)

JeffriesJ. L <1965-> (Judson L.)

Disciplina

322.4/20973

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

African Americans - Services for - History - 20th century

African Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century

African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

United States Race relations History 20th century

United States History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: painting a more complete portrait of the Black Panther Party / Judson L. Jeffries and Ryan Nissim-Sabat -- Revising Panther history in Baltimore / Judson L. Jeffries -- Picking up where Robert F. Williams left off : the Winston-Salem branch of the Black Panther Party / Benjamin R. Friedman -- Panthers set up shop in Cleveland / Ryan Nissim-Sabat -- Nap Town awakens to find a menacing Panther : OK, maybe not so menacing / Judson L. Jeffries and Tiyi M. Morris -- Picking up the hammer : the Milwaukee branch of the Black Panther Party / Andrew Witt -- "Brotherly love can kill you" : the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party / Omari L. Dyson, Kevin L. Brooks, and Judson L. Jeffries -- To live and die in L.A. / Judson L. Jeffries and Malcolm Foley -- Conclusion: a way of remembering the Black Panther Party in the post-Black power era : resentment, disaster, and disillusionment / Floyd W. Hayes III.