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

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.
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LCCN 2008046794
ISBN9781557288967 (cloth : alk. paper)

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