![]() ![]() ![]() In tracing the historical context for the Black Panther Party’s political philosophy of self-defense, the graphic novel starts with the oppression of enslaved Africans in the United States, follows the enduring racist violence & police brutality of the Jim Crow era, along with the emergence of Black Nationalism and famous events in the nonviolent civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. The cover of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, by David F. Walker and illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson, seeks to make that separation. The book, a vibrant collaboration between Portland-based writer and historian David F. In time, the Black Panthers became mythical - and it can be difficult to separate myth from reality.” The history of what became one of the most famous and revolutionary organizations of the Black liberation movement is told in illustrated form in the new book “ The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.”Īs its introduction reads, “the Panthers defiantly stood in stark contrast to the nonviolent philosophy of the mainstream civil rights movement. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was formed in 1966 in Oakland, Calif., by two friends and fellow college students, Huey P. ![]()
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