From the bullet to the ballot : the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and racial coalition politics in Chicago /
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 d...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1469608162 9781469608167 9781469608174 1469608170 |