Aaron Dixon

My People Are Rising

Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compelling look at the rise and fall of the Black Panther generation, through the eyes of a founding member.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 141mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781608461783
• ISBN-10: 1608461785
• Artikelnr.: 34391372

Autorenporträt

Aaron Dixon: Aaron Dixon was co-founder and Captain of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. He has remained engaged in politics since, founding various non-profits for Seattle youth and running as a Green Party candidate in the 2006 Senate race. He lives in Seattle, WA.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
OUR FAMILY JOURNEY BEGINS
CHAPTER 1: ANCESTORS 4
CHAPTER 2: OUR FAMILY JOURNEY BEGINS 18
CHAPTER 3: THE SEARCH FOR HOME 27
CHAPTER 4: RUMBLINGS IN THE SOUTH 40
CHAPTER 5: STICKING TOGETHER 47
CHAPTER 6: REBELLION AT HOME 53
THE TIDE OF THE MOVEMENT
CHAPTER 7: SLOW AWAKENING 57
CHAPTER 8: STOKLEY COMES TO TOWN 67
CHAPTER 9: THE TIDE OF THE MOVEMENT 72
CHAPTER 10: THE DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 85
CHAPTER 11: PANTHER EMERGES 92
CHAPTER 12: 7TH AND WOOD-APRIL 1968 103
JULY 1968 SEATTLE
CHAPTER 13: THE PANTHER COMES TO SEATTLE 124
CHAPTER 14: HUEY AND THE U.N. 138
CHAPTER 15: JULY 1968 SEATTLE 147
CHAPTER 16: THE UNROMANTIC REVOLUTION 157
CHAPTER 17: DEATH IN WINTER 165
CHAPTER 18: THE UNEVEN PURGE 172
COINTEL IS UNLEASHED
CHAPTER 19: COINTEL IS UNLEASHED 181
CHAPTER 20: THE CHAIRMAN IS KIDNAPPED 186
CHAPTER 21: THE RESURRECTION OF THE SEATTLE CHAPTER 195
CHAPTER 22: MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON 201
CHAPTER 23: DAY TO DAY SURVIVAL 209
CHAPTER 24: HUEY IS SET FREE 216
CHAPTER 25: SEATTLE, RIOT 18 223
A PARTY DIVIDED: THE SPLIT
CHAPTER 26: A PARTY DIVIDED: THE SPLIT 229
CHAPTER 27: CENTRALIZATION-MARCH 1972 237
CHAPTER 28: THE CAMPAIGN-1973 248
CHAPTER 29: THE GODFATHER ON LAKE MERRIT 259
CHAPTER 30: ELAINE'S RISE TO POWER 266
CHAPTER 31: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN 274
THE END OF THE LINE
CHAPTER 32: THE DEATH OF DEACON 281
CHAPTER 33: OAKLAND IS OURS 286
CHAPTER 34: HUEY'S RETURN 295
CHAPTER 35: THE RICHMOND INCIDENT 301
CHAPTER 36: THE END OF THE LINE 306
CHAPTER 37: THE LAST HURRAH 319