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Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party
Curtis J. Austin
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Description for Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party
Paperback. Chronicles how violence brought about the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 by Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale, dominated its policies, and finally destroyed the party as one member after another - Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton, Alex Rackley - left the party, was killed, or was imprisoned. Num Pages: 456 pages, 20 photographs, 12 drawings, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 35. Weight in Grams: 730.
Curtis J. Austin's Up Against the Wall chronicles how violence brought about the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, dominated its policies, and finally destroyed the party as one member after another - Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton, Alex Rackley - left the party, was killed, or was imprisoned. Austin shows how the party's early emphasis in the 1960s on self-defense, though sorely needed in black communities at the time, left it open to mischaracterization, infiltration, and devastation by local, state, and federal police forces and government agencies. Austin carefully highlights the ... Read more
Curtis J. Austin's Up Against the Wall chronicles how violence brought about the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, dominated its policies, and finally destroyed the party as one member after another - Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton, Alex Rackley - left the party, was killed, or was imprisoned. Austin shows how the party's early emphasis in the 1960s on self-defense, though sorely needed in black communities at the time, left it open to mischaracterization, infiltration, and devastation by local, state, and federal police forces and government agencies. Austin carefully highlights the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288752
SKU
V9781557288752
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Ref
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About Curtis J. Austin
Curtis J. Austin is an associate professor of history and codirector of the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi. Elbert "Big Man" Howard was a founding member of the Black Panther Party and the editor of the party's newspaper.
Reviews for Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party
We desperately need good historical scholarship about the Black Panther Party, and this strong history is a good place to start. Austin's focus on violence is a shrewd decision." —Tim Tyson, author of Blood Done Sign My Name and Radio Free Dixie "This book powerfully demonstrates the centrality of violence in the historical trajectory and our historical memory ... Read more