Living for the city : migration, education, and the rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California /

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In this nuanced and groundbreaking history, Murch explores how black southern migrants formed the Black Panther Party (BPP) during an era of expansion and political struggle in California's system of public higher education. The BPP started with a study group, she argues. In the face of social...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murch, Donna Jean (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
Black Panther Party > History.
Black Panther Party
1900-1999
African Americans > California > Oakland > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > California > Oakland > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Southern States > Migrations > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Education (Higher) > California > History > 20th century.
Education, Higher > California > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Californie > Oakland > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Californie > Oakland > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Enseignement supérieur > Californie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Education (Higher)
African Americans > Migrations
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Social conditions
Education, Higher
Ethnic relations
Social conditions
Oakland (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Oakland (Calif.) > Ethnic relations.
California
California > Oakland
Southern States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • City of migrants, 1940-1960
  • Canaan bound
  • Fortress California
  • The campus and the street, 1961-1966
  • We care enough to tell it
  • A campus where Black power won
  • Black power and urban movement, 1966-1982
  • Men with guns
  • Survival pending revolution
  • A chicken in every bag.

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