{"product_id":"black-panthers-speak-9781608463282","title":"Black Panthers Speak","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere 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. It 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents 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 Cuba   3. HUEY P. NEWTON SPEAKS  In Defense of Self-Defense: Executive Mandate Number One  The Correct Handling of a Revolution  Functional Definition of Politics   v   vi 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 Liberation    Contents 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 Garbage   Young Lords Party 13-Point Program and Platform  Ten-Point Health Program of the Young Lords  The Patriot Party Speaks to the Movement  Latinos Walkout   Getting 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  APPENDIXES   I. 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, 1970  II. 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 NOTES","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020110037335,"sku":"9781608463282","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781608463282.jpg?v=1750782443","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-panthers-speak-9781608463282","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}