
From the Bullet to the Ballot
The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago
Jakobi Williams(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 28. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4696-2210-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this comprehensive history of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (ILBPP), Chicago native Jakobi Williams demonstrates that the city's Black Power movement was both a response to and an extension of the city's civil rights movement. Williams focuses on the life and violent death of Fred Hampton, a charismatic leader who served as president of the NAACP Youth Council and continued to pursue a civil rights agenda when he became chairman of the revolutionary Chicago-based Black Panther Party. Framing the story of Hampton and the ILBPP as a social and political history and using, for the first time, sealed secret police files in Chicago and interviews conducted with often reticent former members of the ILBPP, Williams explores how Hampton helped develop racial coalitions between the ILBPP and other local activists and organizations.
Williams also recounts the history of the original Rainbow Coalition, created in response to Richard J. Daley's Democratic machine, to show how the Panthers worked to create an antiracist, anticlass coalition to fight urban renewal, political corruption, and police brutality.
Williams also recounts the history of the original Rainbow Coalition, created in response to Richard J. Daley's Democratic machine, to show how the Panthers worked to create an antiracist, anticlass coalition to fight urban renewal, political corruption, and police brutality.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
24 halftones, 3 figures, 4 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
687 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-2210-1 (9781469622101)
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Jakobi Williams
From the Bullet to the Ballot
The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago
E-Book
02/2013
The University of North Carolina Press
€19.49
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Person
Jakobi Williams is assistant professor of history at the University of Kentucky, USA.