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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790104703321

Autore

Arend Orissa

Titolo

Showdown in Desire [[electronic resource] ] : the Black Panthers take a stand in New Orleans / / by Orissa Arend

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, c2009

ISBN

1-61075-380-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesCharles E

AustinCurtis J

Disciplina

323.1196/073/076335

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century

African Americans - Crimes against - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century

African Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans - Social conditions - 20th century

Police-community relations - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century

Public housing - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century

Violence - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 20th century

New Orleans (La.) Race relations History 20th century

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 (p. 255-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Preface""; ""I. Bullets and Breakfast on Piety Street""; ""1. Desire and the Panthers""; ""2. The Panther, The “Mayor of Desire,� and the Mayor�s Special Assistant""; ""3. Remembering and Forgetting ""; ""4. The Nuts and Bolts of Infiltration""; ""5. Moving the System""; ""6. The “Kidnapping�of Ronald Ailsworth""; ""7. A Pig or Officer Friendly?""; ""8. Just before the Shootout""; ""9. The Shootout""; ""10. After the Shootout""; ""II. Desire Heats Up""; ""11. The Rematch""; ""12. This Time We Ain�t Movin�""

""13. The Massacre that Almost Occurred""""14. The Day after the Standoff, Revelations in a Pig�s Eye, Kinship, and Luck""; ""15. Double Dirty Tricks""; ""16. The Year After""; ""17. Panthers and Principles on Trial""; ""18. “Better Off in the Penitentiary�""; ""III. Prisoners and Those Who Love Them""; ""19. The Escapees�Now Known as the



Angola Three�and the Panthers""; ""20. “The Mayor� Goes to Prison""; ""21. Geronimo ji Jaga""; ""IV. Making Sense of It""; ""22. Where Have All the Panthers Gone?""; ""23. Grits, Not Guns""; ""24. And Then Came Katrina""; ""Epilogue""

""Acknowledgments""""Appendix A. Cast of Characters""; ""Appendix B. October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program""; ""Appendix C. Eight Points of Attention""; ""Appendix  D. Three Main Rules of Discipline""; ""Chronology""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Suggested Reading and Viewing""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""