Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California
- ISBN-10
- 0807833762
- ISBN-13
- 9780807833766
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Donna Jean Murch
Description
In this nuanced and groundbreaking history, Donna Murch argues that the Black Panther Party (BPP) started with a study group. Drawing on oral history and untapped archival sources, she explains how a relatively small city with a recent history of African
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