Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

This nonfiction history places the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 within the longer experience of Black people in America, beginning in 1619 and continuing into the early 1960s. It examines the organization in chronological and thematic ways, covering its structure, political beliefs, protests, and community-outreach work. The book also addresses actions by police departments and the U.S. government that sought to undermine, attack, frame, and kill Party members. Accounts of leaders from around the country include many women.