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Revolution in our time the Black Panther Party's promise to the people

"In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that tre...

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Main Author: Magoon, Kekla (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press , 2021.
Subjects:
Black Panther Party > History > Young adult nonfiction.
Blacks > History > Young adult nonfiction.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction.
African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Spark: May 2, 1967
  • Shattering the status quo
  • Kindling: 1619-1965
  • The dark past
  • Separate but equal
  • Shall we overcome?
  • The aggressive alternative
  • Blaze: 1966-1982
  • Picking up the gun
  • A cold reception
  • Filling the ranks
  • Off the pigs!
  • Death of the king
  • Going national
  • Life in the Party
  • Survival pending revolution
  • All power to the people
  • The wrath of COINTELPRO
  • Traitors in the ranks
  • Political prisoners
  • The split
  • Last gasp
  • Embers: 1982-present
  • The post-Panther decades
  • Legacy
  • Author's note: Revolution in our time
  • Acknowledgments
  • Key people
  • Time line
  • Glossary
  • Further reading
  • Source notes
  • Bibliography
  • Image credits
  • Copyright acknowledgments
  • Index.

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