To die for the people : the writings of Huey P. Newton
Publication Information
San Francisco, Calif. : City Lights Books, 2009.
Physical Description
xxxiv, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary
Huey Newton was the founder, leader and chief theoretician of the Black Panther Party, and one of America's most dynamic and important revolutionary philosophers. Whether Newton and the Panthers are remembered in a positive or a negative light, no one questions Newton's status as one of America's most important revolutionaries. To Die for the People is a recently issued classic collection of his writings and speeches, tracing the development of Newton's personal and political thinking, as well as the radical changes that took place in the formative years of the Black Panther Party. To Die for the People is a fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America. Newton records the Party's internal struggles, rivalries and contradictions, and the result is a fascinating look back at a young revolutionary group determined to find ways to deal with the injustice it saw in American society. And, as a new foreword by Elaine Brown makes eminently clear, Newton's prescience and foresight make these documents strikingly pertinent today.--
Notes
"Originally published: New York : Random House, 1972; also published: New York : Writers and Readers Pub., 1995"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I. The Party
- II. The People
- Black America
- White America
- The Third World
- III. The Bound and the Dead