The Black Panthers Speak by Phillip Foner
Brief Description:
A sweeping collection of the most vital and representative writings of the Black Panther party.
Biographical Note:
Philip S. Foner was one of the most prominent Marxist historians in the United States. A prolific author and editor, he tirelessly documented the lives of workers, African Americans, and political radicals. Shut out of academic employment for a quarter century because of his political affiliations, he nonetheless helped lay the basis for the explosion of scholarship in labor and black history during the past two decades.
Barbara Ransby is an historian, writer, and longtime political activist. Ransby has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues. She is most notably the author of an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker, entitled Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision, (University of North Carolina, 2003). She serves on the editorial board of the London-based journal, Race and Class, and a number of non-profit civic and media organizations.
Marc Notes:
; 8; Here are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard and Fred Hampton, along with Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women. They tell of 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 is the real story of The Black Panthers. The book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Black Panther Party, without media or political input. Black Panthers Speak allows readers to judge the movement for themselves..
Review Quotes:
"Philip S. Foner was a national treasure -- scholar, activist and lover of justice."--Cornel West"The closest thing we're going to get to a rebuttal to [the] organized attempt to destroy the Panthers' legacy." --Ishmael Reed"Essential reading for those who would prefer to judge the Panther movement for themselves" -- Library Journal"The women's speeches and articles are notable for their concreteness and convincingness . . . especially [those of] Kathleen Cleaver." -- The Nation
Description for Sales People:
Behind the scenes look inside the iconic Black Panther Party
Stop and frisk, police brutality, disproportionate rates of school closure, foreclosure, and incarceration have inspired many, particularly members of African American communities, to look to histories important acts of of struggle and resistance to racism. The Black Panthers Speak offers critical lessons for today's fight against racism.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Foreword by Clayborne Carson
Preface by Julian Bond
Introduction
Black Panther /National Anthem
1. BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM AND PROGRAM
Rules of the Black Panther Party
What We Want/What We Believe
Rules
2. THE BLACK PANTHER: VOICE OF THE PARTY
The Black Panther: Mirror of the People
A Pig
Black Lawyers
Revolutionary Art/Black Liberation
On Violence
Free by Any Means Necessary (poem)
Correcting Mistaken Ideas
The Power of the People
Black Child's Pledge
In White America Today
Editorial Statement
Revolutionary Letter # 15 (poem)
The Genius of Huey Newton
Erica's Poem
The Revolutionary Spirit of Antonio Maceo
A Black Panther Song (poem)
To the Courageous Vietnamese People, Commemorating the Death of Ho Chi Minh
The Chicago
Pigs-Panthers
On Criticism of Cuba3. HUEY P. NEWTON SPEAKS
In Defense of Self-Defense:
Executive Mandate Number One
The Correct Handling of a Revolution
Functional Definition of Politicsvvi THE BLACK PANTHERS SPEAK Message to "Free Huey Rally," Oakland Auditorium, February 17, 1968
Huey Newton Talks to the Movement About the Black Panther Party, Cultural Nationalism, SNCC, Liberals and White Revolutionaries
Message on the Peace Movement
To the R.N.A.
Prison, Where Is Thy Victory?
4. BOBBY SEALE SPEAKS
The Ten-Point Platform and Program of the Black Panther Party
Bobby Seale Explains Panther Politics: An Interview
Black Soldiers as Revolutionaries to Overthrow the Ruling Class
Bring It Home
5. ELDRIDGE CLEAVER SPEAKS FROM EXILE
Message to Sister Erica Huggins of the Black Panther Party
The Black Man's Stake in Vietnam
An Open Letter to Stokely Carmichael
Eldridge Cleaver Discusses Revolution: An Interview from Exile
The Fascists Have Already Decided in Advance to Murder Chairman Bobby Seale in the Electric Chair: A Manifesto
6. DAVID HILLIARD SPEAKS
The Ideology of the Black Panther Party
Black Student Unions
If You Want Peace You Got to Fight for It
Interview with CBS News, December 28, 1969
7. FRED HAMPTON SPEAKS
You Can Murder a Liberator, but You Can't Murder LiberationContents vii
8. BLACK PANTHER WOMEN SPEAK
Liberation and Political, Assassination, by Kathleen Cleaver
On Cultural Nationalism, by Linda Harrison
The Struggle Is a World Struggle, by Connie Matthews
I Joined the Panthers, by Joan Bird
We Will Win: Letter From Prison by Afeni Shakur
A Word for Panther Parents, by Mrs. Jewel Barker
9. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
To Feed Our Children
Why the Free Breakfast?
Liberation Schools
The Youth Make the Revolution
People's Medical Care Center
Pocket Lawyer of Legal First Aid
In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King
Petition Statement for Community Control of Police
Defend the Ghetto (leaflet)
Community Discussion Groups (leaflet)
10. BLACK PANTHERS IN COURT
Bobby Seale vs. Judge Hoffman
To Judge Murtagh: From the Panther 21
Closing Remarks to the Jury by Charles R. Garry In People of California v. Huey P. Newton
11. ALLIANCES AND COALITIONS
The Black Panther Party Stands for
Revolutionary Solidarity
We Must Develop a United Front
Against Fascism (leaflet)
On Establishing a United Front with Communists
SDS Resolution on the Black Panther Party
The Young Lords Organization on the Move: Interview with Rafael Viera
Young Lords Block Street with GarbageYoung Lords Party 13-Point Program and Platform
Ten-Point Health Program of the Young Lords
The Patriot Party Speaks to the Movement
Latinos WalkoutGetting Together
Ten-Point Program and Platform of the Black Student Unions
The Black Panther Party and Revolutionary
Trade Unionism, by Ray "Masai" Hewitt
Black Caucus Program: An Interview
Petition to the United Nations
APPENDIXESI. The Persecution of the Black Panther Party
a. The Old Rules Do Not Apply: A Survey of the
Persecution of the Black Panther Party by Charles R. Garry . . . .
b. News Release Issued by the American CIVIl Liberties Union, December 29, 1969
c. Resolution Adopted by the New York Gr?up of the Society for Philosophy and Public Affam, May 23, 1970II. Call for Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, September 7, 1970, Philadelphia, Pa.III. On the Defection of Eldridge Cleaver From the Black Panther Party and the Defection of the.
Black Panther Party from the Black Community by Huey P. Newton
