Magoon, Kekla.

Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people / Kekla Magoon.

Y 322.42 Magoon 2021

First edition

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press , 2021.

©2021

ix, 390 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, chart ; 27 cm

"In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers' story has been a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary socialist movement that drew thousands of members--mostly women--and became the target of one of the most sustained repression efforts ever made by the U.S. government against its own citizens. Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Kekla Magoon's eye-opening work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers' history and courage, inspiring them to take their own place in the ongoing fight for justice."--Dust jacket flap.

Ages 12 and up.

Grades 7 and up.

Black Panther Party -- History.

Black people -- History.

Black power -- United States -- History -- 1901-2000.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 1901-2000.

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 1901-2000.

African Americans -- Politics and government -- 1901-2000.

Coretta Scott King honor award, 2022, Michael L. Printz honor book, 2022, Walter Award honor book, 2022.

"A Junior Library Guild selection."

Includes bibliographical references, webography, filmography and index.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

Preface -- Spark: May 2, 1967 -- Shattering the status quo -- Kindling: 1619-1965 -- The dark past -- Separate but equal -- Shall we overcome? -- The aggressive alternative -- Blaze: 1966-1982 -- Picking up the gun -- A cold reception -- Filling the ranks -- Off the pigs! -- Death of the king -- Going national -- Life in the Party -- Survival pending revolution -- All power to the people -- The wrath of COINTELPRO -- Traitors in the ranks -- Political prisoners -- The split -- Last gasp -- Embers: 1982-present -- The post-Panther decades -- Legacy -- Author's note: Revolution in our time -- Acknowledgments -- Key people -- Time line -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Image credits -- Copyright acknowledgments -- Index.

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