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Description

1. xxxiii, 269 p. : ill., plates; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Black Panther Party > History
2. African Americans > Civil rights > History > Louisiana > New Orleans > 20th century
3. African Americans > Crimes against > History > Louisiana > New Orleans > 20th century
4. African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions > 20th century
5. Violence > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century
6. Police-community relations > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century
7. Public housing > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century
8. New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > History > 20th century

Contents

1. Panther, the mayor of Desire, and the mayor's special assistant ; Remembering and forgetting: what really happened ; The nuts and bolts of infiltration ; Moving the system ; The kidnapping of Ronald Ailsworth ; A pig or Officer Friendly? ; Just before the shootout ; The shootout ; After the shootout: New Orleanians speak out -- Desire heats up. The rematch ; This time we ain't movin' ; The massacre that almost occurred ; The day after the standoff, revelations in a pig's eye, kinship, and luck ; Double dirty tricks ; The year after: did the Panthers make a difference or were the people tricked as usual? ; Panthers and principles on trial: somebody has to not have fear ; Better off in the penitentiary -- Prisoners and those who love them. The escapees--now known as the Angola Three--and the Panthers: a long-term relationship ; The mayor goes to prison ; Geronimo ji Jaga -- Making sense of it. Where have all the Panthers gone? ; Grits, not guns: the Panther legacy ; And then came Katrina.

Call number

1. Sc E 09-866

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.

Author

1. Arend, Orissa.

Title

1. Showdown in Desire : the Black Panthers take a stand in New Orleans / by Orissa Arend.

Imprint

1. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, c2009.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.

LCCN

1. 2008046794

ISBN

1. 9781557288967 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 1557288968 (cloth : alk. paper)

Sudoc no.

1. HI.F 3/178-8:S 56/2009 ardocs

Research call number

1. Sc E 09-866