The revolution has come : Black power, gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland /

The revolution has come : Black power, gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland / Robyn C. Spencer.

In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, examining how its internal politics along with external forces such as COINTELPRO shaped the Party's efforts at fostering self-determination in Oakland's black...

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Main Author: Spencer, Robyn C., 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Black Panther Party.
Black power > California > Oakland > History > 20th century.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
African American political activists > Interviews.
African American social reformers > Interviews.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Seize the time : the roots of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California
  • In defense of self-defense
  • Moving on many fronts : the Black Panther Party's transformation from local organization to mass movement
  • Inside political repression, 1969-1971
  • "Revolution is a process rather than a conclusion" : rebuilding the party, 1971-1974
  • The politics of survival : electoral politics and organizational transformation
  • "I am we" : the demise of the Black Panther Party, 1977-1982.

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