American justice on trial [electronic resource] : People v. Newton / Lise Pearlman.

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"On the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, Pearlman's new book American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton compares the explosive state of American race relations in 1968 to race relations today with insights from key participants and observers of the internationally-watched Oakland, Calif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pearlman, Lise A., 1949- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley, California : Regent Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Newton, Huey P. > Trials, litigation, etc. Black Panther Party. Trials (Murder) > California > Oakland. Police murders > California > Oakland. Trials > United States.
Genre:	Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	American Justice on Trial: People V. Newton.
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Introduction
Free Huey now!
Oakland : the makings of a racial tinderbox
The Panthers' roots
Takin' care of business
The defense team
Who do you trust?
Honkies for Huey
The smell of revolution
Client or comrade?
Power to the people
The quest for a jury of his peers
A minority of one
On trial : Newton or American society?
The burden shifts
The day of reckoning arrives
Aftermath
Winning Newton's freedom
To what end?
Revolutionary suicide
The arc of the moral universe
Epilogue.