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Sto caricando le informazioni... This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Partydi David Hilliard, Cole Lewis, David Hilliard
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. An insider's view of the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party (BPP) by David Hilliard. Hilliard was enthralled by Huey Newton, was underwhelmed by Bobby Seale, and found Eldridge Cleaver to be divisive. The book could have been improved by providing more dates for the seminal events in the Party's history, and more about the party's platform and programs. The first hand recounting of the police/FBI efforts to eliminate the BPP was an eye-opener although less brutal than the Fred Hampton Story, and to some extent, was paralleled by deadly fights with other black power or black gang leaders. The BPP had much internal discord around working with other organizations with similar goals, such as the SNCC. What sets this book apart from the many others that I have read was the drug use, which probably was more responsible for the destruction of the BPP than anything else as paranoia rampaged. A very sad ending to a wonderful vision of empowerment, education, and self-determination. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
David Hilliard was the Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, and this is his compelling eyewitness account of America's first black armed revolutionary movement. Written with the participation of many other Party members, this book provides firsthand accounts of Huey Newton's infamous shootout with the police, the murder of Fred Hampton, how Panther money was raised and spent, the sexual mores of the Party, and how illegal activities erupted and were controlled. According to the FBI, the Panthers were "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country," and, in part due to government infiltrators and disinformation, the Party began to dissolve in the early seventies as police raids, gun battles, IRS investigations, trials, and prison terms decimated their ranks. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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