The Black Panther Party and transformative pedagogy : place-based education in Philadelphia / Omari L. Dyson.

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The first scholarly text to detail the social relief efforts of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Branch of the Black Panther Party. Through a postcolonial lens, this story captures the lived resistances, highlights the socio-historical context, and examines the discourse of former members of the Black...

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Main Author: Dyson, Omari L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Black Panther Party > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Education > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Education > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Black power > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Black Panther Party.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Education.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Black power.
Civil rights movements.
Education.
Race relations.
Social conditions.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface / Willaim H. Watkins, Ph. D.
  • 1. Who's Buying the Gold? A Debt of a Dream
  • 2. Time Bakes the Bred
  • 3. Panthers "Out of Pocket"
  • 4. Providing Community Relief
  • 5. Panthers in a State of Siege
  • 6. A Telling Legacy
  • 7. The Cost of Truly Educating
  • 8. A Brief Conversation with Omari L. Dyson: Interview with Dr. Harvey Hinton
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.