Black against Empire

By Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.,

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In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the U.S., the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of theā€¦

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This is a complete history of the Black Panther party in the USā€”its origins, its leaders, its political struggles, its accomplishments and controversies, and its ultimate dissolution. The unique poetry of the Panthersā€™ public pronouncementsā€”by Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and othersā€”comes vividly to life, as people of color confront a world of limited horizons and thwarted desires. In my new novel, I meld these voices with the beat poetry of Allen Ginsberg (who was a central figure in the 1970s New Haven gathering).

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