Full Description
The Black Panther Party and Transformative Pedagogy: Place-Based Education in Philadelphia, by Omari L. Dyson, is the first scholarly text to detail the social relief efforts of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Branch of the Black Panther Party. Through a postcolonial lens, this story captures the lived resistances, highlights the socio-historical context, and examines the discourse of former members of the Black Panther Party and local residents of Philadelphia from 1968-1974. Overall, this book provides insight from a multiplicity of sources to better capture the identity(-ies) and complexity of the organization. Not only does this text resolve a dearth in the literature that highlights the multiple facets of the Black Panther Party (especially at the local level), but it serves as a template on effective strategies for researchers, educators, and policymakers to implement on their quest for social and educational transformation.
Contents
Preface, by William H. Watkins
Foreword
Chapter 1: Who's Buying Gold?: A Debt of a Dream
Chapter 2: Time Bakes the Bred
Chapter 3: Panthers "Out of Pocket"
Chapter 4: Providing Community Relief
Chapter 5: Panthers in a State of Siege
Chapter 6: A Telling Legacy
Chapter 7: The Cost of Truly Educating
Chapter 8: A Brief Conversation with Omari L. Dyson
Tables
Endnotes
Bibliography
About the Author
