Survival Pending Revolution - The History of the Black Panther Party

Informationen zum Autor Paul Alkebulan is a former member of the Black Panther Party and worked at the first free breakfast program for school children in Oakland in 1969. He is Assistant Professor of History at Virginia State University. Klappentext Although many have written about the Black Panther Party (BPP) in memoirs and polemics! Survival Pending Revolution contributes to a new generation of objective! analytical BPP studies. Alkebulan explores the movement's history: its lofty and even idealistic goals and its in-your-face rhetoric! its strategies! tactics! and the internal divisions and ego clashes! drawing upon public records as well as the memories of both leaders and foot soldiers! to attempt a description that both understands the inner workings of the BPP and its role in the greater society. Zusammenfassung Although many have written about the BPP in memoirs and polemics! Survival Pending Revolution contributes to a new generation of objective! analytical BPP studies that are sorely needed.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Alkebulan
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2012
• EAN: 9780817357191
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5719-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology