
Revolution in Our Lifetime
A Short History of the Black Panther Party
Donna Murch(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 6. September 2039
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-78478-700-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Black Panther Party and the movement that spawned it is one of the most storied episodes in the history of the Black freedom struggle in America, and in the history of the American Left. And yet, argues the brilliant historian Donna Murch, the Panthers' radical moment and meaning have become obscured-first, by government repression, and then by the narrowing of demands and alternative politics in the fifty years since the founding of the party in Oakland in October 1966. Revolution in Our Lifetime restores the anti-capitalism and internationalist perspective-the revolutionary imagination and far-reaching politics-of the Panthers to our understanding of this crucial and fascinating movement.
Written as a succinct and accessible essay, this new history provides the sharpest picture of the Panthers while reflecting on their legacy and relevance today, in a renewed era of Black and youth protest.
Written as a succinct and accessible essay, this new history provides the sharpest picture of the Panthers while reflecting on their legacy and relevance today, in a renewed era of Black and youth protest.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78478-700-4 (9781784787004)
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Person
Donna Murch is an Associate Professor of history at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She is the author of Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther party in Oakland, California, which won the Phillis Wheatley Prize. Her research and analysis is featured in the award-winning documentary on the Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.