FOREWORD
Reinterpreting the Black Power Movement
Peniel E. Joseph
ARTICLES
Historians and the Black Power Movement
Peniel E. Joseph
"Some Abstract Thing Called Freedom": Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Legacy of the Black Panther Party
Yohuru Williams
Black Women and Black Power
Rhonda Y. Williams
TEACHING RESOURCES
Civil Rights, Black Power, and American Democracy
Peniel E. Joseph
Was Thomas Jefferson a Black Panther?
Yohuru Williams
Envisioning "The Black Woman" and Analyzing Voices of Protest
Rhonda Y. Williams
From James Madison to Malcolm X: Black Power and the American Founding
Veronica Burchard
SPECIAL FEATURE ON ORAL HISTORY
Hip Hop and Oral History: Turning Students into "Griots for a New Age"
Mark Naison
SPECIAL ONLINE FEATURES
The Black Panther Party: A Historiography for Teachers
Yohuru Williams
Black Women, Black Power: A Historiography for Teachers
Rhonda Y. Williams
DVD Review: Negroes With Guns:
Rob Williams and Black Power [pdf]
Hasan Kwame Jeffries
(From the October, 2006 OAH Magazine of History)
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On the cover:
“Supporters of Huey Newton, Outside Courthouse,” July 15, 1968. Members of the Black Panther Party demonstrate on the steps of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland, California. Demonstrators are calling for the release of their leader, Huey Newton, who is on trial for allegedly killing an Oakland police officer during a gun battle. (Image courtesy of and copyrighted © by Bettmann/CORBIS.)
