From the Bullet to the Ballot : The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago /

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Jakobi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hampton, Fred, > 1948-1969.
Black Panther Party. > Illinois Chapter.
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Civil rights movements.
Black power.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Civil rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Illinois > Chicago > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
Black power > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights movements > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Politics and government > 20th century.
Black power > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Administration > 1951-
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 1951-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781469608174

Similar Items