> suggested that students of mine interested in the Panthers might start
> with
> 2002's Huey P. Newton Reader (edited by Hilliard and Donald Weise). It's
> not a political history but served the students I had who were real
> interested very well... I've asked him to suggest a history as well...
You could also check out The Black Panther Party Reconsidered - 1998 Ed. Charles E. Jones.
Jeffery Haas, the People's Law Office attorney who represented the families after the Hampton/Clark assassinations just published, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther. Its mostly about the civil suits and the FBI, but there's plenty of background on the Chicago Panthers
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