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Books Book Review: “Panther Baby" A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention. By Jamal Joseph (Algonquin) By Rebecca Shapiro | Spring 2012 “You must do more than take over this campus today,” Jamal Joseph shouted during a 1970 protest on the steps of Low Library. “You need to burn this motherfucker down!” The crowd roared, but Columbia still stood, and forty-two years later, Joseph is an associate professor in the School of the Arts’ film program. His refreshingly unapologetic memoir, Panther Baby, charts his path from turmoil to tenure track, and though the vivid writing is at times unpolished, the story is captivating enough to carry it. An honor student who joined the Black Panthers at fifteen, Joseph was one of the youngest leaders arrested with the notorious “Panther 21.” He earned two degrees while spending nine years in state and federal prisons, cofounded a youth theater company, collaborated on an original song that was nominated for an Oscar, and wrote and directed screenplays for a variety of networks and studios. A militant underground revolutionary group seems a far cry from the Ivy League, but Joseph’s complicated story shows that they aren’t as incongruous as they seem: “I thought you said you were going to arm me,” Joseph says at an early Panther meeting when the leader gives him a pile of books instead of a gun. “Excuse me, young brother,” comes the response. “I just did.” Read more from Rebecca Shapiro All categories > Read more from Rebecca Shapiro.

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The History of the Black Panther Party 1966-1972 : a Curriculum Tool for Afrikan American Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1990 The history of the Black Panther Party 1966-1972 : a curriculum tool for Afrikan American studies. Kit Kim Holder University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Holder, Kit Kim, "The history of the Black Panther Party 1966-1972 : a curriculum tool for Afrikan American studies." (1990). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 4663. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/4663 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 1966-1972 A CURRICULUM TOOL FOR AFRIKAN AMERICAN STUDIES A Dissertation Presented By KIT KIM HOLDER Submitted to the Graduate School of the■ University of Massachusetts in partial fulfills of the requirements for the degree of doctor of education May 1990 School of Education Copyright by Kit Kim Holder, 1990 All Rights Reserved THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 1966 - 1972 A CURRICULUM TOOL FOR AFRIKAN AMERICAN STUDIES Dissertation Presented by KIT KIM HOLDER Approved as to Style and Content by ABSTRACT THE HISTORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 1966-1971 A CURRICULUM TOOL FOR AFRIKAN AMERICAN STUDIES MAY 1990 KIT KIM HOLDER, B.A. HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE M.S. BANK STREET SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Ed.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Directed by: Professor Meyer Weinberg The Black Panther Party existed for a very short period of time, but within this period it became a central force in the Afrikan American human rights/civil rights movements.
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