Survival pending revolution : the history of the Black Panther Party / Paul Alkebulan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alkebulan, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutionaries--United States--History--20th century.

Revolutionaries.

Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.

United States.

Black Panther Party--History.

Black Panther Party.

Black Panther Party--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-170) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8029-9

OCLC:

183207843