Controversy swirled around the Black Panthers from the moment the revolutionary black nationalist Party was founded in Oakland, California, in 1966. Since that time, the group that J. Edgar Hoover called the single greatest threat to the nation s internal security has been celebrated and denigrated, deified and vilified. Rarely, though, has it received the sort of nuanced analysis offered in this rich interdisciplinary collection. Historians, along with scholars in the fields of political science, English, sociology, and criminal justice, examine the Panthers and their present-day legacy with...

With their collection "In Search of the Black Panther Party," Yohuru Williams and Jama Lazerow provided a broad analysis of the Black Panther Party and its legacy. In "Liberated Territory," they turn their attention to local manifestations of the organization, far away from the party s Oakland headquarters. This collection s contributors, all historians, examine how specific party chapters and offshoots emerged, developed, and waned, as well as how the local branches related to their communities and to the national party.

The histories and character of the party branches vary as widely as...

With their collection "In Search of the Black Panther Party," Yohuru Williams and Jama Lazerow provided a broad analysis of the Black Panther Party and its legacy. In "Liberated Territory," they turn their attention to local manifestations of the organization, far away from the party s Oakland headquarters. This collection s contributors, all historians, examine how specific party chapters and offshoots emerged, developed, and waned, as well as how the local branches related to their communities and to the national party.

The histories and character of the party branches vary as widely as...