Title The Portland Black Panthers : empowering Albina and remaking a city / Lucas N. N. Burke and Judson L. Jeffries

Edition 1st edition Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series V. Ethel Willis White Books Contents The making and remaking of Albina -- Claiming Albina in the era of model cities and the national committee to combat fascism -- Serving Albina and becoming Panthers under the watchful eye of the Portland Police Bureau -- The Emanuel Hospital expansion, the James Family saga, and Portland's vision of a new urbanism -- Winning the war? Regime change, the triumph of community politics, and the emergence of Black leadership in Portland -- Life after the party: the Portland Black Panthers and their legacy Summary Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be "America's whitest major city." In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the city's Albina District to rally their community and be heard by city leaders. And as Lucas Burke and Judson Jeffries reveal, the Portland branch was quite different from the more famous--and infamous--Oakland headquarters. Instead of parading through the streets wearing black berets and ammunition belts, Portland's Panthers were more concerned with opening a health clinic and starting free breakfast programs for neighborhood kids. Though the group had been squeezed out of local politics by the early 1980s, its legacy lives on through the various activist groups in Portland that are still fighting many of the same battles.Combining histories of the city and its African American community with interviews with former Portland Panthers and other key players, this long-overdue account adds complexity to our understanding of the protracted civil rights movement throughout the Pacific Northwest Notes "V Ethel Willis White Books" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 11, 2016) Subject Portland Black Panthers -- History SUBJECT Portland Black Panthers fast Subject African Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- Social conditions -- 20th century African Americans -- Political activity -- Oregon -- Portland African Americans -- Oregon -- Portland -- Biography POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies African Americans African Americans -- Social conditions Politics and government Race relations SUBJECT Portland (Or.) -- Race relations -- History Portland (Or.) -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century Subject Oregon -- Portland Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book Author Jeffries, J. L. (Judson L.), 1965- author. LC no. 2015034530 ISBN 9780295806303 0295806303

Other Titles Empowering Albina and remaking a city

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