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

• Autore: Arend Orissa
• Pubblicazione: Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1196/073/076335
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: New Orleans (La.) Race relations History 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JonesCharles E AustinCurtis J
• 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,â€? and the Mayorâ€?s Special Assistant""; ""3. Remembering and Forgetting ""; ""4. The Nuts and Bolts of Infiltration""; ""5. Moving the System""; ""6. The “Kidnappingâ€?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 Ainâ€?t Movinâ€?"" ; ""13. The Massacre that Almost Occurred""""14. The Day after the Standoff, Revelations in a Pigâ€?s Eye, Kinship, and Luck""; ""15. Double Dirty Tricks""; ""16. The Year After""; ""17. Panthers and Principles on Trial""; ""18. “Better Off in the Penitentiaryâ€?""; ""III. Prisoners and Those Who Love Them""; ""19. The Escapeesâ€?Now Known as the Angola Threeâ€?and the Panthers""; ""20. “The Mayorâ€? 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Showdown in Desire
• ISBN: 1-61075-380-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462265203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II