Spencer Robyn C. Spencer

Revolution Has Come (eBook, PDF)

Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, where hundreds of young people came to political awareness and journeyed to adulthood as members. Challenging the belief that the Panthers were a projection of the leadership, Spencer draws on interviews with rank-and-file members, FBI files, and archival materials to examine the impact the organization's internal politics and COINTELPRO's political repression had on its evolution and dissolution. She shows how the Panthers' members interpreted, implemented, and influenced party ideology and programs; initiated dialogues about gender politics; highlighted ambiguities in the Panthers' armed stance; and criticized organizational priorities. Spencer also centers gender politics and the experiences of women and their contributions to the Panthers and the Black Power movement as a whole. Providing a panoramic view of the party's organization over its sixteen-year history, The Revolution Has Come shows how the Black Panthers embodied Black Power through the party's international activism, interracial alliances, commitment to address state violence, and desire to foster self-determination in Oakland's black communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822373537
• Artikelnr.: 54790000

Autorenporträt

Robyn C. Spencer

Inhaltsangabe

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