Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

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superlemon's review

2.25
challenging emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
It’s fine but it is not what it is purported to be. It’s a broad overview of the civil rights struggle, not particular to the Panthers. 
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violetfox's review against another edition

4.5
informative inspiring fast-paced
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btravassos's review

5.0
challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

pdxpiney's review

5.0
hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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elizabitch's review

5.0
A really thorough break-down of the Black Panthers, their movement, and how their efforts still affect us to this day (and the injustice they fought against is still recognizable and sometimes identical, despite the ~50 years of difference.)

I really, really recommend this one! I think it does a good job of providing the right amount of information & background context, although I've watched a bunch of BP documentaries and am pretty familiar with it.

spurlunk's review

4.0
Very interesting and I learned some things I did not know before. Kind of wish instead of going in such depth to slavery that the author had focused a bit more on other political movements during the 70s and how they intersected/related to the Black Panthers.

publicradionerd's review against another edition

5.0
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It’s so worth the extreme hope and sadness of seeing how much good was done and how little has changed. There is still so much work to do.
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flylikethebird's review

5.0
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amazing and informative with images I haven’t seen before, and stories that needed to be illuminated. everyone needs to read this book ASAP.

ca_blayne's review against another edition

3.75
informative

marthah's review

4.5
emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced