The Black Panthers Speak

By Philip S. Foner

Book Overview

From its founding in 1966 to contemporary attempts to censure its history and revise its significance, the Black Panther party has aroused fear, hope, pride, vilification, and government-sponsored oppression. The trials of Huey Newton, the Chicago Eight, and the Panther 21 made it enormously difficult for many Americans to distinguish the propaganda from the philosophy; the media's indifference to the Panthers' free breakfast programs, neighborhood clinics, and liberation schools only complicated the problem.This is the first and only collection of the most vital, representative writings of the party. Here are Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard, and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power structure, the police, violence, and education; as well as songs, poems, and political cartoons. This book explains exactly what the Black Panthers stood for and what issues they confronted, almost all of which remain unresolved today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306806274
• ISBN13: 9780306806278
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Powerful Book

this Book should Bring People Together.The Black Panthers wanted a Better Today.still to this day we are facing the same Problems of which they spoke on 30 years back.no misguided words here their own words.a must Read for all to Better understanding Voices of Hope & a Better Tommorow for all future Generations.

A true synopsis of the Panthers, that should be read by ALL

The Black Panthers Speak is the BEST book out for Americans who want to know what the Panthers stood for. Nobody's interpretation of what the Panthers were about, but only the speeches, letters, and court transcripts of Black Panther members. This book should be read by Americans of ALL ethnicities. Use it to understand that the Black Panthers were a party for ALL people in the struggle for freedom.

DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!

This is a really good book, and I recomend it to all, this book really does capture the spirt of the black panther party