The Black Panthers
Subtitle: portraits from an unfinished revolution
By: edited by Bryan Shih and Yohuru Williams
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781568585550
Subjects: Politics and government; African American social reformers; Black Panther Party; Interviews; African American political activists; Sources; African American radicals; Black power; African Americans; Pictorial works; History
Description: "October 2016 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party. Photojournalist Bryan Shih, who has been interviewing and taking portraits of the surviving Panthers around the country for years, has partnered with Yohuru Williams, dean and history professor at Fairfield University, to deliver the definitive celebration of the Black Panthers. Part oral history, part scrapbook, this is a beautifully produced book of forty-five black-and-white portraits of the Panthers today, alongside interviews with the surviving Panthers, archival images, Black Panther Party pamphlets and speeches, as well as essays by contributors such as Peniel Joseph, Alondra Nelson, Rhonda Williams, and other high-profile scholars to provide background and context."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In Defense of Self-Defense: Pathways to the BPP; title: The People Are My Strength: Coalition Building in the BPP; title: A Sister's Place in the Revolution: Women in Leadership in the BPP; title: Block by Block, Door-to-Door: Building Community Support by Serving the People; title: The Single Greatest Threat: The Covert War Against the BPP.