Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Waldo E. Martin Jr., Joshua Bloom

Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

Waldo E. Martin Jr., Joshua Bloom

539 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship righ...

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informative 95%
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inspiring 42%
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tense 16%
emotional 11%
hopeful 4%

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