Research Catalog

Title

Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people / Kekla Magoon.

Author

Magoon, Kekla

Publication

• Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

ix, 390 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

"In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers' story has been a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary socialist movement that drew thousands of members--mostly women--and became the target of one of the most sustained repression efforts ever made by the U.S. government against its own citizens. Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Kekla Magoon's eye-opening work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers' history and courage, inspiring them to take their own place in the ongoing fight for justice."--Inside front dust jacket

Alternative Title

Black Panther Party's promise to the people

Subject

• Black Panther Party > History > Juvenile literature
• Black Panther Party
• 1900-1999
• Black people > History > Juvenile literature
• Black power > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century > Juvenile literature
• Civil rights movements
• African Americans > Politics and government
• African Americans > Civil rights
• Black power
• Blacks
• United States

Genre/Form

• Young adult literature – African American authors.
• History.
• Young adult works.
• Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-375) and index.

Contents

Preface -- Spark: May 2, 1967 -- Shattering the status quo -- Kindling: 1619-1965 -- The dark past -- Separate but equal -- Shall we overcome? -- The aggressive alternative -- Blaze: 1966-1982 -- Picking up the gun -- A cold reception -- Filling the ranks -- Off the pigs! -- Death of the king -- Going national -- Life in the Party -- Survival pending revolution -- All power to the people -- The wrath of COINTELPRO -- Traitors in the ranks -- Political prisoners -- The split -- Last gasp -- Embers: 1982-present -- The post-Panther decades -- Legacy -- Author's note: Revolution in our time -- Acknowledgments -- Key people -- Time line -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Image credits -- Copyright acknowledgments -- Index.

Call Number

Sc F 22-44

ISBN

• 9781536214185
• 1536214183

OCLC

1273730553

Author

Magoon, Kekla, author.

Title

Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people / Kekla Magoon.

Publisher

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-375) and index.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

AGE 12-14.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc F 22-44