colin_cox's review against another edition
5.0
Black Against Empire is a robust, exhaustive study of the people, politics, and fall of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Far from a piece of propaganda, Black Against Empire aspires to trace the party's history and, importantly, the distinctions between the Black Power Movement and the less radical Civil Rights Movement.
Unlike many memoirs or narrowly-written histories of the party, Black Against Empire attempts to understand the party and its influence in the most comprehensive way possible.
Unlike many memoirs or narrowly-written histories of the party, Black Against Empire attempts to understand the party and its influence in the most comprehensive way possible.
lauramegan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
emceeawkward's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
almalinden's review against another edition
5.0
Denna boken är exakt det man vill att en bok om svarta pantrarna ska vara. Peppig, imponerande, kontextuell, analyserande och problematiserande. Boom!
twoswans's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
sketchybooks's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.5
A great source of information and context about the Black Panthers. I used it as a starting point for studying this important and suppressed history and it was great for that. I would say parts are a little repetitive and timelines could be clearer, but otherwise wonderful.
doruga's review against another edition
4.5
Very well researched and deeply interesting. Some conclusions the book reaches at the end are very dubious, I think. But that is a minor nitpick in an otherwise incredible work of scholarship.