Nine lives of a Black Panther : a story of survival / Wayne Pharr.

Title:

ISBN:

9781613749197

Personal Author:

Pharr, Wayne, 1950-

Publication Information:

Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021]

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

General Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Showdown at sunrise -- Back home -- Fighting integration -- Legitimate grievances -- Black is beautiful -- A necessary step toward justice -- Committed to Watts -- leading Panthers -- Divide and conquer -- Alpha and Omega -- Serving the people -- New blood -- Blood and guts -- Gettin' ready -- Busted -- Trying times -- Gangsta style -- Torn asunder -- The promise of tomorrow -- The limits of freedom -- Family business -- Epilogue : honor and sacrifice -- "Was it worth it."

Summary:

Profiles Black Panther Party member Wayne Pharr and his account of the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party, its training and tactics, and a famous 1969 stand-off with the LAPD.

Personal Subject:

Pharr, Wayne, 1950-

Corporate Subject:

Black Panther Party. Southern California Chapter -- Biography.

Black Panther Party. Southern California Chapter -- History.

Geographic Term:

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography

Subject Term:

African American political activists--California--Los Angeles -- Biography

African Americans -- Civil rights--California--Los Angeles -- History 20th century.

Political violence--California--Los Angeles -- History 20th century