From the bullet to the ballot : the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and racial coalition politics in Chicago /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams, Jakobi
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:	John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:	Black Panther Party. > Illinois Chapter. Black power > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Politics and government > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century. Hampton, Fred, > 1948-1969. Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 1951- Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party speaks for itself
The political and social climate of Black Chicago, 1900-1970
The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Chicago and Oakland : a comparative analysis of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and national headquarters
The original rainbow coalition
Law enforcement repression and the assassination of chairman Fred Hampton
The legacy of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.