The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (533 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0933121962 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Contributors include scholars of Panther history like Stanford's Angela D. But contributors also critically investigate the party's complex attitude toward violence (police reprisals and inner-party conflict killed over two dozen Panthers from 1967 to 1969), inner-party gender relations, the consequences of the unstable membership mix of political activists and quasi-criminal types, and the group's romantic notions of social revolution. The Panthers, argues contributor Chris Booker, "embodied the highest aspirations of a generation of radical African American youth." These essays are mainly sympathetic to the Panthers' aims, and there lingers among some of them a bit of uncritical nostalgia. From Publishers Weekly Here is a searing, illuminating and unapologetic look at the Black Panther Party, whose 1966-1982 history is one of the most controversial and dynamic political dramas of our time. . Georgia State University African American studies professor Jones uses original writi
flux1968 said Important corrective to mainstream stereotypes. This is the first book to attempt to discuss the legacy of the Black Panther Party. The fact that a second book, Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party, managed to continue the work begun here without significant overlap shows what a rich legacy it was.One essay, "The Black Panthers and the 'Undiscovered Country' of the Left" proposesthe novel idea that the Panthers had begun to emulate many aspect of an emerging nation-state . "A balanced view from the inside" according to rodog6A balanced view from the inside This book is the first book that comes close to giving a balanced view of the history of the Black Panther party, its problems and its ultimate demise. It includes a view by regular rank and file members. It is well worth reading for those looking for an alternative to those books written by Party leaders, informants, or critics.. jr. This book is the first book that comes close to giving a balanced view of the history of the Black Panther party, its problems and its ultimate demise. It includes a view by regular rank and file members. It is well worth reading for those looking for an alternative to those books written by Party leaders, informants, or critics.. "helpful info" according to Trezrun Lawrence. Great . balanced book with a clear and concise look at different sides of the issue. They were NOT just thugs nor were they necessarily "just heroes" people are complex and this book discusses the complexity of the BPP as well as women's roles within the party, the down fall as well as having first person accounting of being in the party by rank and file members not just the "super stars" that were in the news very helpful and great rese
Jones presents an insider view and initiates a vital dialogue that is absent from most historical studies.. This new collection of essays, contributed by scholars and former Panthers, is a ground-breaking work that offers thought-provoking and pertinent observations about the many facets of the Party. By placing the perspectives of participants and scholars side by side, Dr