Showdown in Desire the Black Panthers take a stand in New Orleans / by Orissa Arend.
| Author/creator | Arend, Orissa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, |
| Description | xxxiii, 269 p. : ill., plates ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008046794 |
| ISBN | 9781557288967 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |