Spencer The Revolution Has Come

Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7353-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, examining how its internal politics along with external forces such as COINTELPRO shaped the Party's efforts at fostering self-determination in Oakland's black communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spencer, Robyn C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. Seize the Time: The Roots of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California 7

2. In Defense of Self-Defense 35

3. Moving on Many Fronts: The Black Panther Party's Transformation from Local Organization to Mass Movement 61

4. Inside Political Repression, 1969–1971 88

5. "Revolution Is a Process Rather Than a Conclusion": Rebuilding the Party, 1971–1974 114

6. The Politics of Survival: Electoral Politics and Organizational Transformation 143

7. "I Am We": The Demise of the Black Panther Party, 1977–1982 177

Conclusion 202

Notes 205

Bibliography 241

Index 253

Über Autor(innen)

Robyn C. Spencer is Associate Professor of History at Lehman College, City University of New York.