Essays by Reynaldo Anderson, Orissa Arend, Omari Dyson, Bruce Fehn,
Robert Jefferson, Judson L. Jeffries, Charles E. Jones, Ryan
Nissim-Sabat, Joel P. Rhodes, and Jeffrey Zane The Black Panther
Party suffers from a distorted image largely framed by television
and print media, including the Panthers' own newspaper. These
sources frequently reduced the entire organization to the Bay Area
where the Panthers were founded, emphasizing the Panthers' militant
rhetoric and actions rather than their community survival programs.
This image, however, does not mesh with reality. The Panthers
worked tirelessly at improving the life chances of the downtrodden
regardless of race, gender, creed, or sexual orientation. In order
to chronicle the rich history of the Black Panther Party, this
anthology examines local Panther activities throughout the United
States--in Seattle, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; New Orleans,
Louisiana; Houston, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Detroit, Michigan.
This approach features the voices of people who served on the
ground--those who kept the offices in order, prepared breakfasts
for school children, administered sickle cell anemia tests, set up
health clinics, and launched free clothing drives. The essays shed
new light on the Black Panther Party, re-evaluating its legacy in
American cultural and political history. Just as important, this
volume gives voice to those unsung Panthers whose valiant efforts
have heretofore gone unnoticed, unheard, or ignored.
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