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The Black Panthers

The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in October, 1966, in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Infiltrated by the FBI's COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Probe), the now defunct Black Panthers was once considered the most dangerous black revolutionary organization in America, with a national following.



The Black Panthers Speak $13.95


The Shadow of the Panther : Huey Newton... by Hugh Pearson $14.00





This Side of Glory $12.95

 

A Taste of Power : A Black Woman's Story $15.95

Book Description
Brown's account of her life at the highest levels of the Black Panther party's hierarchy. More than a journey through a turbulent time in American history, this is the story of a black woman's battle to define herself.

• The Shadow of the Panther : Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America by Hugh Pearson
• The Quality of Hurt : The Autobiography of Chester Himes by Chester B. Himes
• Assata : An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.) by Assata Shakur, Assata Shaker
• Soledad Brother : The Prison Letters of George Jackson by George Jackson, et al
  

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