The Black Panther Party
- Annotation:
- This graphic novel explains the complicated the history of The Black Panther Party. “This gripping illustrated history explores the impact and significance of the Panthers, from their social, educational, and healthcare programs that were designed to uplift the Black community to their battle against police brutality through citizen patrols and frequent clashes with the FBI, which targeted the Party from its outset.”
- Creators:
- Author - David F. Walker
- Illustrator - Marcus Kwame Anderson
- Publication Information:
- Ten Speed Press, California, 2021
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Biography
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- Black Panther Party. Southern California Chapter
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Geographic Setting:
- United States
- Date Range:
- 1955 - 1989
- Tags:
- Huey Newton Bobby Seal, James Meredith, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, Freedom Rides, David Hilliard, Fred Hampton, racial oppression, slavery, segregation, discrimination, great migration of Black Americans 1916, red summer of 1919, liberation schools, Black Liberation Army (BLA), survival programs, Ten-Point Program, Black Power Movement, civil rights movement, FBI, John Frey, Bobby Hutton, J Edgar Hoover, Ku Klux Klan, lynchings, NAACP, police violence, watts uprising, counterintelligence program, Malcom X, Martin Luther King
- Notes:
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