Black Panthers for beginners [electronic resource] / Herb Boyd ; illustrations by Lance Tooks.
"A crowd of onlookers gawked from the sidewalk as four young black men dressed in black leather jackets and berets leaped from a Volkswagen, each of them wielding shotguns with bandoliers strapped across their bodies. The young men surrounded two white police officers who had accosted a black man a...
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Language: | English |
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Danbury, CT :
For Beginners LLC,
[2015]
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Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | A for beginners documentary comic book
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
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"A crowd of onlookers gawked from the sidewalk as four young black men dressed in black leather jackets and berets leaped from a Volkswagen, each of them wielding shotguns with bandoliers strapped across their bodies. The young men surrounded two white police officers who had accosted a black man and had him spread-eagled against a building. The young men did not say a word as the police officers watched them nervously, their eyes fixed on the shotguns. One of the young men held a large law book in his hand... This was the Black Panther Party in ideal action. The real story--the whole story--was both more and less heroic."--Back cover. |
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Note: | Originally published: New York : Writers and Readers Publishing, ©1995. |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781939994400 (online) |