The Portland Black Panthers Empowering Albina and Remaking a City / Lucas N.N. Burke and Judson L. Jeffries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Lucas N. N., author.

Jeffries, J. L. (Judson L.), 1965- author.

Series:

V. Ethel Willis White Books

V Ethel Willis White Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Panther Party. Portland Branch--History.

Black Panther Party.

African Americans--Oregon--Portland--Biography.

African Americans.

African Americans--Political activity--Oregon--Portland.

African Americans--Oregon--Portland--Social conditions--20th century.

African Americans--Oregon--Portland--History--20th century.

Portland (Or.)--Politics and government--History--20th century.

Portland (Or.).

Portland (Or.)--Race relations--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the city’s Albina District to rally their community and be heard by city leaders. And as Lucas Burke and Judson Jeffries reveal, the Portland branch was quite different from the more famous-and infamous-Oakland headquarters. Instead of parading through the streets wearing black berets and ammunition belts, Portland’s Panthers were more concerned with opening a health clinic and starting free breakfast programs for neighborhood kids. Though the group had been squeezed out of local politics by the early 1980s, its legacy lives on through the various activist groups in Portland that are still fighting many of the same battles.Combining histories of the city and its African American community with interviews with former Portland Panthers and other key players, this long-overdue account adds complexity to our understanding of the protracted civil rights movement throughout the Pacific Northwest.A V Ethel Willis White Book

Contents:

The making and remaking of Albina

Claiming Albina in the era of model cities and the national committee to combat fascism

Serving Albina and becoming Panthers under the watchful eye of the Portland Police Bureau

The Emanuel Hospital expansion, the James Family saga, and Portland's vision of a new urbanism

Winning the war? Regime change, the triumph of community politics, and the emergence of Black leadership in Portland

Life after the party: the Portland Black Panthers and their legacy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295806303

0295806303

OCLC:

946359404