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OverviewThe searing, visionary memoir of founding Black Panther Huey P. Newton, in a dazzling graphic package Tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the inner circle of America's Black Panther Party. From Newton's impoverished childhood on the streets of Oakland to his adolescence and struggles with the system, from his role in the Black Panthers to his solitary confinement in the Alameda County Jail, Revolutionary Suicide is unrepentant and thought-provoking in its portrayal of inspired radicalism. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Huey P. NewtonPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin USA Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.419kg ISBN: 9780143105329ISBN 10: 0143105329 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 29 September 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Revolutionary SuicideIntroduction by Fredrika Newton Revolutionary Suicide A Manifesto Revolutionary Suicide: The Way of Liberation Part One 1. Starting Out 2. Losing 3. Growing 4. Changing 5. Choosing 6. High School Part Two 7. Reading 8. Moving On 9. College and the Afro-American Association 10. Learning 11. The Brothers on the Block 12. Scoring 13. Loving Part Three 14. Freedom 15. Bobby Seale 16. The Founding of the Black Panther Party 17. Patrolling 18. Eldridge Cleaver 19. Denzil Dowell 20. Sacramento and the ""Panther Bill"" 21. Growing Pains Part Four 22. Raising Consciousness 23. Crisis: October 28, 1967 24. Aftermath 25. Strategy Part Five 26. Trial 27. The Penal Colony Part Six 28. Release 29. Rebuilding 30. Fallen Comrade 31. Surviving 32. China 33. The Defection of Eldridge and Reactionary Suicide Epilogue: I Am We"ReviewsAuthor InformationBorn the son of a Baptist minister in 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana, Huey P. Newton moved to Oakland, California, with his family at the age of three. Although functionally illiterate upon graduating from high school, he taught himself to read by studying Plato's Republic. Newton enrolled at Oakland City College, where he campaigned successfully to have black history included in the curriculum. While at the college, he became familiar with the writings of Marx, Lenin, Frantz Fanon, and Chairman Mao. In 1966, with Bobby Seale, Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, an organization in which Newton served as minister of defense. Though perhaps best known for their community street patrols, which openly displayed loaded firearms, the Black Panthers also sponsored breakfast programs for poor children and provided shoes and health care for the needy in the black community. Convicted in 1968 of manslaughter in the shooting death of Oakland police officer John Frey in 1968, Newton spent more than a year and a half in prison before his conviction was reversed. After a series of mistrials, the case against Newton was voluntarily dismissed. After reaching its high-water mark in 1970, when it claimed several thousand members, the Black Panther Party steadily declined, undermined in part by the efforts of the FBI. Accused of another murder in 1974, Newton jumped bail and spent the next three years in Cuba, after which he returned to the United States to stand trial and was acquitted of the charge. Newton earned a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1980. He was shot to death by a gang member in 1989. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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