The Black Panthers : portraits from an unfinished revolution /
The Black Panthers : portraits from an unfinished revolution /
edited by Bryan Shih and Yohuru Williams
- First edition
- xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
In Defense of Self-Defense: Pathways to the BPP -- The People Are My Strength: Coalition Building in the BPP -- A Sister's Place in the Revolution: Women in Leadership in the BPP -- Block by Block, Door-to-Door: Building Community Support by Serving the People -- The Single Greatest Threat: The Covert War Against the BPP
"October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party. Photojournalist Bryan Shih, who has been interviewing and taking portraits of the surviving Panthers around the country for years, has partnered with Yohuru Williams, dean and history professor at Fairfield University, to deliver the definitive celebration of the Black Panthers. Part oral history, part scrapbook, this is a beautifully produced book of forty-five black-and-white portraits of the Panthers today, alongside interviews with the surviving Panthers, archival images, Black Panther Party pamphlets and speeches, as well as essays by contributors such as Peniel Joseph, Alondra Nelson, Rhonda Williams, and other high-profile scholars to provide background and context."--Provided by publisher
9781568585550 1568585551
2016012694
Black Panther Party--History
Black Panther Party--Pictorial works
Black Panther Party--Interviews
Black Panther Party--History--Sources
African American political activists--Interviews
African American social reformers--Interviews
African American radicals--Interviews
Black power--History--United States--20th century--Sources
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century--Sources
History.
Interviews.
Pictorial works.
Sources.
E185.615 / .B54645 2016
322.4/20973
Includes bibliographical references and index
In Defense of Self-Defense: Pathways to the BPP -- The People Are My Strength: Coalition Building in the BPP -- A Sister's Place in the Revolution: Women in Leadership in the BPP -- Block by Block, Door-to-Door: Building Community Support by Serving the People -- The Single Greatest Threat: The Covert War Against the BPP
"October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party. Photojournalist Bryan Shih, who has been interviewing and taking portraits of the surviving Panthers around the country for years, has partnered with Yohuru Williams, dean and history professor at Fairfield University, to deliver the definitive celebration of the Black Panthers. Part oral history, part scrapbook, this is a beautifully produced book of forty-five black-and-white portraits of the Panthers today, alongside interviews with the surviving Panthers, archival images, Black Panther Party pamphlets and speeches, as well as essays by contributors such as Peniel Joseph, Alondra Nelson, Rhonda Williams, and other high-profile scholars to provide background and context."--Provided by publisher
9781568585550 1568585551
2016012694
Black Panther Party--History
Black Panther Party--Pictorial works
Black Panther Party--Interviews
Black Panther Party--History--Sources
African American political activists--Interviews
African American social reformers--Interviews
African American radicals--Interviews
Black power--History--United States--20th century--Sources
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century--Sources
History.
Interviews.
Pictorial works.
Sources.
E185.615 / .B54645 2016
322.4/20973