Survival pending revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the history of the Black Panther Party / / Paul Alkebulan

• Autore: Alkebulan Paul
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.4/20973
• Soggetto topico: Revolutionaries - United States - History - 20th century; Radicalism - United States - History - 20th century; African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century; African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations Political aspects History 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-170) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; Prologue; 1. The Heirs of Malcolm; 2. Survival Pending Revolution; 3. Regional Development of the Black Panther Party; 4. Enemies of the People; 5. Women and the Black Panther Party; 6. Decline and Fall; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Black Panther Party (BPP) seized the attention of America in the frenetic days of the late 1960's when a series of assassinations, discontent with the Vietnam War, and impatience with lingering racial discrimination roiled the United States, particularly its cities. The BPP inspired dread among the American body politic while receiving support from many urban black youths. The images of angry and armed young black radicals in the streets of U.S. cities seemed a stunning reversal and repudiation of the accommodationist and assimilationist black goals associated with Martin Luther King's
• Titolo autorizzato: Survival pending revolution
• ISBN: 0-8173-8029-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817888103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II