The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City - Paperback
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The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be "America's whitest major city." In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the city's Albina District to rally their community and...
Lucas N. N. Burke is a doctoral student in history at the University of Oregon. Judson L. Jeffries is professor of African American and African studies at the Ohio State University. He is the author of Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist and editor of On the Ground: The Black Panther Party in Communities across America.
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