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Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black
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Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and Their Legacy Hardcover - 2001 - 1st Edition

by Kathleen Cleaver; George Katsiaficas


From the publisher

This fascinating book gathers reflections by scholars and activists who consider the impact of the Black Panther Party, the BBP, the most significant revolutionary organization in the later 20th century.

First line

The Black Panther Party (BPP) was one of the most significant radical movements in American history.

Details

  • Title Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party: A New Look at the Black Panthers and Their Legacy
  • Author Kathleen Cleaver; George Katsiaficas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date March 22, 2001
  • ISBN 9780415927833 / 0415927838
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.2 x 0.91 in (23.42 x 15.75 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Politics and government, United States - Race relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00056026
  • Dewey Decimal Code 322.420

About the author

Kathleen Cleaver, currently Professor of Public Policy at Emory University, worked full time with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and afterwards became the Communications Secretary of the Black Panther Party. Returning to the United States after sharing years of exile with her former husband Eldridge Cleaver, she subsequently earned both a B.A. and J.D. from Yale University. George Katsiaficas is a long-time activist as well as Editor of the journal New Political Science and author of The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968. His book, The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life, won the APSA's 1998 Michael Harrington book award. He teaches at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.