Living for the city migration, education, and the rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California /

Murch, Donna Jean.

Living for the city migration, education, and the rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California / [electronic resource] : Donna Jean Murch. - Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2010. - xiv, 312 p. : ill., maps. - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture . - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- City of migrants, 1940-1960 -- Canaan bound -- Fortress California -- The campus and the street, 1961-1966 -- We care enough to tell it -- A campus where Black power won -- Black power and urban movement, 1966-1982 -- Men with guns -- Survival pending revolution -- A chicken in every bag.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780807895856 (electronic bk.)




Black Panther Party--History.


African Americans--Politics and government--California--Oakland--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--California--Oakland--20th century.
African Americans--Migrations--History--Southern States--20th century.
African Americans--Education (Higher)--History--California--20th century.
Education, Higher--History--California--20th century.


Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Oakland (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.


Electronic books.

F869.O2 / M87 2010

322.4/20979466