The Enduring Legacy Of Portland's Black Panthers

The Roots of Free Healthcare, Free Breakfast, and Neighborhood Control in Oregon

The Enduring Legacy Of Portland's Black Panthers
Joe Biel, Intisar Abioto
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Paperback
h178 x 127mm - 192pg
9 Feb 2023 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781648411816
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An epic, motivating, and powerful tale of growing up Black in Portland' s then-suburb of Albina in the 1960s. Told from original interviews and extensive sources - including police surveillance documents - Biel offers a clear picture of the social-service innovations created by neighbourhood activists trying to better their community and how the police attempted to destroy them at every turn. Portland' s Black Panther chapter innovated healthy free breakfasts for impoverished children, the longest running Panther free health clinic, the Black Panther' s first dental clinic, and relentless efforts towards the direction that their own neighbourhoods took. But the Panther organisation itself was spied upon, infiltrated, and slowly ripped apart by the state apparatus. Despite a racist city hall and police force, Black Panthers in Portland persisted, outlasting most branches in the United States and making permanent marks that last today. Virtually nonexistent in retellings of the Black Panth
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781648411816
Published: 9 Feb 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: Microcosm Publishing
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 178mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 192

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