The revolution has come
Subtitle: Black power, gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
By: Robyn C. Spencer
Contributors: Duke University Press
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780822362753; 9780822362869; 9780822373537
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: African American social reformers; History; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Interviews; African American political activists; African American Studies; Gender Studies; Black power; Ethnic Studies; Black Panther Party; Civil rights movements; 20th Century; HISTORY
Description: In The Revolution Has Come, Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, examining how its internal politics along with external forces such as COINTELPRO shaped the Party's efforts at fostering self-determination in Oakland's black communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Seize the time : the roots of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California; title: In defense of self-defense; title: Moving on many fronts : the Black Panther Party's transformation from local organization to mass movement; title: Inside political repression, 1969-1971; title: "Revolution is a process rather than a conclusion" : rebuilding the party, 1971-1974; title: The politics of survival : electoral politics and organizational transformation; title: "I am we" : the demise of the Black Panther Party, 1977-1982.