Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
Description
With passion and precision, this essential history illuminates the Black Panther Party as both a militant revolutionary force and a community-based human rights movement. Through the Panthers’ organizing—especially their emphasis on self-defense and mutual aid—readers see how thousands of members, many of them women, built programs that taught Black communities how to protect one another in a nation that systematically denied them safety and dignity. Placing the Panthers in the broader arc of Black American history, the book also examines the intense, sustained repression they faced from the U.S. government and how that pressure shaped their legacy. Kekla Magoon’s clear, compelling narrative connects past struggles to present-day demands for justice, inviting a new generation to consider what it means to fight for liberation “in our time.”
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paperback
Candlewick Press
Published Jan 1, 2021
400 pages
ISBN: 9781536214185
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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