The Revolution Has Come
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The Revolution Has Come

Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

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The Revolution Has Come

Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland

About this book

In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, where hundreds of young people came to political awareness and journeyed to adulthood as members. Challenging the belief that the Panthers were a projection of the leadership, Spencer draws on interviews with rank-and-file members, FBI files, and archival materials to examine the impact the organization's internal politics and COINTELPRO's political repression had on its evolution and dissolution. She shows how the Panthers' members interpreted, implemented, and influenced party ideology and programs; initiated dialogues about gender politics; highlighted ambiguities in the Panthers' armed stance; and criticized organizational priorities. Spencer also centers gender politics and the experiences of women and their contributions to the Panthers and the Black Power movement as a whole. Providing a panoramic view of the party's organization over its sixteen-year history, The Revolution Has Come shows how the Black Panthers embodied Black Power through the party's international activism, interracial alliances, commitment to address state violence, and desire to foster self-determination in Oakland's black communities.

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In 
1944 
the 
Observer
, 
a 
local 
white 
newspaper 
in 
Oakland, 
bemoaned 
the 
“new 
race 
problem” 
caused 
by 
“the 
influx 
of 
what 
might 
be 
called 
socially- 
liberated 
or 
uninhibited 
Negroes 
who 
are 
not 
bound 
by 
the 
old 
peaceful 
understanding 
between 
the 
Negro 
and 
the 
white” 
and 
who 
insisted 
on 
“barging 
into 
the 
white 
man 
and 
becoming 
an 
integral 
part 
of 
the 
white 
man’s 
society.”
1
This 
comment 
came 
on 
the 
heels 
of 
a 
railroad 
station 
brawl 
between 
black 
and 
white 
servicemen 
and 
civilians 
that 
had 
turned 
into 
a 
full-scale 
race 
riot 
involving 
two 
thousand 
people. 
World 
War 
II 
had 
un-
leashed 
the 
winds 
of 
change 
in 
Oakland, 
but 
the 
problems 
of 
race 
were 
hardly 
new. 
During 
the 
war 
thousands 
of 
African 
Americans 
migrated 
to 
Oakland 
from 
Louisiana, 
Texas, 
Oklahoma, 
Arkansas, 
and 
other 
southern 
states. 
Drawn 
by 
the 
promise 
of 
work 
in 
war 
industries, 
these 
migrants 
1
SEIZE 
THE 
TIME
The 
Roots 
of 
the 
Black 
Panther 
Party 
in 
Oakland, 
California

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. Seize the Time: The Roots of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California
  6. 2. In Defense of Self-Defense
  7. 3. Moving on Many Fronts: The Black Panther Party’s Transformation from Local Organization to Mass Movement
  8. 4. Inside Political Repression, 1969–1971
  9. 5. “Revolution Is a Process Rather Than a Conclusion”: Rebuilding the Party, 1971–1974
  10. 6. The Politics of Survival: Electoral Politics and Organizational Transformation
  11. 7. “I Am We”: The Demise of the Black Panther Party, 1977–1982
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index