Description: Tapping archival research from the United States and Australia, and in light of the emphasis on international activism by Huey P. Newton and the Oakland Panthers, We Are Black, Too explores the links between the American and Australian chapters of the BPP. As it brings to light these unexpected connections, the book adds to our understanding of both the Black Panther movement and Aboriginal activism in Australia.
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Jacynda Ammons is Academic Program Director of Liberal Arts and Assistant Professor of History at National Park College.
Review Quotes: "Provocative, impressive, and exhaustively researched, this thoughtful study chronicles the Australian Black Panther Party's short-lived history, traces the group's protests and organizing as a local community rights unit, and showcases the Party's international activists' triumphs on the world stage. A must-read for scholars and activists alike." --Jakobi Williams, From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago