With their collection "In Search of the Black Panther Party,"
Yohuru Williams and Jama Lazerow provided a broad analysis of the
Black Panther Party and its legacy. In "Liberated Territory," they
turn their attention to local manifestations of the organization,
far away from the party's Oakland headquarters. This collection's
contributors, all historians, examine how specific party chapters
and offshoots emerged, developed, and waned, as well as how the
local branches related to their communities and to the national
party.
The histories and character of the party branches vary as widely
as their locations. The Cape Verdeans of New Bedford,
Massachusetts, were initially viewed as a particular challenge for
the local Panthers but later became the mainstay of the Boston-area
party. In the early 1970s, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
chapter excelled at implementing the national Black Panther Party's
strategic shift from revolutionary confrontation to mainstream
electoral politics. In Detroit, the Panthers were defined by a
complex relationship between their above-ground activities and an
underground wing dedicated to armed struggle. While the Milwaukee
chapter was born out of a rising tide of black militancy, it
ultimately proved more committed to promoting literacy and health
care and redressing hunger than to violence. The Alabama Black
Liberation Front did not have the official imprimatur of the
national party, but it drew heavily on the Panthers' ideas and
organizing strategies, and its activism demonstrates the broad
resonance of many of the concerns articulated by the national
party: the need for jobs, for decent food and housing, for black
self-determination, and for sustained opposition to police
brutality against black people. "Liberated Territory" reveals how
the Black Panther Party's ideologies, goals, and strategies were
taken up and adapted throughout the United States.
"Contributors" Devin Fergus, Jama Lazerow, Ahmad A. Rahman,
Robert W. Widell Jr., Yohuru Williams
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