Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and their Legacy

by George Katsiaficas and K. Cleaver

Book Overview

This fascinating book gathers reflections by scholars and activists who consider the impact of the Black Panther Party, the BBP, the most significant revolutionary organization in the later 20th... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415927846
• ISBN13: 9780415927840
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Expand the Basic Premise

The message here is constrained! As a member of the 'comfortable hippy but school-attending' midddle-class" generation(apparently that's my Social Class???) , reading his Black-White polemic is uncomfortable unless you turn the message into a 'Rich-Poor'division. It is a Universal message but social freedoms then were smaller. Nice book but dated

Excellent Book

A "must have", if you will, to those who are intrested in the history of the Black Panthers. The articles written by several authors covers the whole range of things associated with the Panthers and provides insights and information that make this book essential to your education.

excellent

You can really gain a lot of factual/historical background and intellectual insight into the Black Panthers from this collection of essays. Really a great resource for anyone who cares about the movement, is interested in the reality of what we broadly call the "civil rights movement" and the era in which the Panthers evolved, anyone interested in the complex struggles of a radical group, anyone interested in government surveillance and covert attacks, etc. Well, lots of stuff to get you thinking. Most recommended for the reader with some background in the Panthers and the historical context in general, but approachable without a lot of specialized knowledge.