The Portland Black Panthers
Subtitle: empowering Albina and remaking a city
By: Lucas N.N. Burke and Judson L. Jeffries
Contributors: Jeffries, J. L. (Judson L.), 1965- author
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780295995168
Subjects: Politics and government; Race relations; Biography; Social conditions; Portland Black Panthers; African Americans; Political activity; History
Other titles: Empowering Albina and remaking a city
Description: Portland, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be "Americas whitest major city." In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed a local branch of the Black Panthers in the citys Albina District to rally their community and be heard by city leaders. And as Lucas Burke and Judson Jeffries reveal, the Portland branch was quite different from the more famousand infamousOakland headquarters. Instead of parading through the streets wearing black berets and ammunition belts, Portlands Panthers were more concerned with opening a health clinic and starting free breakfast programs for neighborhood kids. Though the group had been squeezed out of local politics by the early 1980s, its legacy lives on through the various activist groups in Portland that are still fighting many of the same battles.
Notes: "V Ethel Willis White Books."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Making and remaking of Albina : the long civil rights movement in Portland; title: Claiming Albina in the era of model cities and the national committee to combat fascism; title: Serving Albina and becoming Panthers under the watchful eye of the Portland Police Bureau; title: The Emanuel Hospital expansion, the James Family saga, and Portland's vision of a new urbanism; title: Winning the war? Regime change, the triumph of community politics, and the emergence of Black leadership in Portland; title: Conclusion : legacies and life after the party.