Title: Nine lives of a Black Panther
Description: "In the early morning hours of December 8, 1969, hundreds of SWAT officers engaged in a violent battle with a handful of Los Angeles-based members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). Five hours and 5,000 rounds of ammunition later, three SWAT team members and three Black Panthers lay wounded. For the Panthers and the community that supported them, the shootout symbolized a victory, and a key reason for that victory was the actions of a 19-year-old rank-and-file member of the BPP: Wayne Pharr. Nine Lives of a Black Panther tells Pharr's riveting story of life in the Los Angeles branch of the BPP and gives a blow-by-blow account of how it prepared for and survived the massive attack. He illuminates the history of one of the most dedicated, dynamic, vilified, and targeted chapters of the BPP, filling in a missing piece of Black Panther history and, in the process, creating an engaging and hard-to-put-down memoir about a time and place that holds tremendous fascination for readers interested in African American militancy"--
Subjects: Social life and customs, Race relations, Criminals, Police-community relations, Civil rights, African American political activists, Black Panther Party. Southern California Chapter, Black Panther Party, Political violence, African Americans, African American youth, Biography, History, African american politicians, Los angeles (calif.), biography, African americans, civil rights, Los angeles (calif.), social life and customs, Criminals, united states, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.), California, Los Angeles
People: Wayne Pharr (1950-)
Time periods: 20th century