Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
"Offers a fresh perspective on East Bay black activism. . . . An engaging work that adds to the expanding literature on the interplay between black migration and political mobilization."--Journal of African American History"Creates an important framework of analysis of local black radical politics by placing higher education and southern black migrants as central to its development."--Pacific Historical Review"Well-researched, smoothly written. . . . A testament to the liberating impact of higher education. . . . It is quite doubtful if any [study] will surpass this one in terms of imagination, clear writing, deft scholarship and weighty conclusions."--Gerald Horne,Journal of American Studies"A provocative reinterpretation of the origins of the Black Panther Party in Oakland....Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."--Choice