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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459729003321

Autore

Murch Donna Jean

Titolo

Living for the city [[electronic resource] ] : migration, education, and the rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California / / Donna Jean Murch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4696-0625-9

0-8078-9585-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Disciplina

322.4/20979466

Soggetti

African Americans - California - Oakland - Politics and government - 20th century

African Americans - California - Oakland - Social conditions - 20th century

African Americans - Southern States - Migrations - History - 20th century

African Americans - Education (Higher) - California - History - 20th century

Education, Higher - California - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Oakland (Calif.) Social conditions 20th century

Oakland (Calif.) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- City of migrants, 1940-1960 -- Canaan bound -- Fortress California -- The campus and the street, 1961-1966 -- We care enough to tell it -- A campus where Black power won -- Black power and urban movement, 1966-1982 -- Men with guns -- Survival pending revolution -- A chicken in every bag.

Sommario/riassunto

Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California