Bibliograph

Revolutionary suicide, Huey P. Newton, with the assistance of J. Herman Blake ; introduction by Fredrika Newton

Type

Label

Revolutionary suicide, Huey P. Newton, with the assistance of J. Herman Blake ; introduction by Fredrika Newton

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Revolutionary suicide

Oclc number

302099185

Responsibility statement

Huey P. Newton, with the assistance of J. Herman Blake ; introduction by Fredrika Newton

Series statement

Penguin classics deluxe edition

Summary

Presents the memoir of founding Black Panther member Huey P. Newton in which he describes the inner circle of the revolutionary organization and covers his childhood in Oakland, Calif., struggles within the system, and confinement in the Alameda County Jail

Table Of Contents

A manifesto -- Revolutionary suicide: the way of liberation -- Starting out -- Losing -- Growing -- Changing -- Choosing -- High School -- Reading -- Moving on -- College and the Afro-American Association -- Learning -- The brothers on the block -- Scoring -- Loving -- Freedom -- Bobby Seale -- The founding of the Black Panther Party -- Patrolling -- Eldridge Cleaver -- Denzil Dowell -- Sacramento and the "Panther Bill" -- Growing pains -- Raising consciousness -- Crisis: October 28, 1967 -- Aftermath -- Strategy -- Trial -- The penal colony -- Release -- Rebuilding -- Fallen comrade -- Surviving -- China -- The defection of Eldridge and reactionary suicide -- Epilogue: I am we

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