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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-375) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12-UP

resource.interestGradeLevel

7th Grade-Up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Revolution in our time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1273730553

Responsibility statement

Kekla Magoon

Sub title

the Black Panther Party's promise to the people

Summary

"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 treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers' story has been a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary socialist movement that drew thousands of members--mostly women--and became the target of one of the most sustained repression efforts ever made by the U.S. government against its own citizens. Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Kekla Magoon's eye-opening work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers' history and courage, inspiring them to take their own place in the ongoing fight for justice." -- from inside front dust jacket

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

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Black Panther Party's promise to the people

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