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Bezig met laden... Murder in the Model City: The Black Panthers, Yale, And the Redemption of a Killerdoor Paul Bass
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May 20, 1969: Four members of the revolutionary Black Panther Party trudge through woods along the edges of the Coginchaug River outside of New Haven, Connecticut. Gunshots shatter the silence. Three men emerge from the woods. Soon, two are in police custody. One flees across the country. Nine Panthers would be tried for crimes committed that night, including National Chairman Bobby Seale, extradited from California with the aide of Panther nemesis, California Governor Ronald Reagan. Activists of all denominations descended on the New England city--and the campus of Yale. The Nixon administration sent 4,000 National Guardsmen. U.S. military tanks lined the streets outside of New Haven. In this white-knuckle journey through a turbulent America, Doug Rae and Paul Bass let us eavesdrop on late-night meetings between Yale President, Kingman Brewster, and radical activists, including Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, as they try to avert disaster. Meanwhile, most heartrending of all is the never-before-told story of Warren Kimbro--star community worker turned Panther assassin--who faces an uphill battle to turn his life around. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It’s an interesting story and the author’s structure it heavily from the vantage point of personal recollection (at least from those still alive and willing to talk) mixed with basic research. This of course offers an implicit danger that biased subjectivity might run rampant but overall this is a balanced book. The writing is not as bad as a friend warned, but it’s a bit choppy and, especially at the beginning, there are odd fusions of street lingo with academic syntax. In one paragraph I struggled to determine whether the authors were stating something or if it was a quote from a semi-illiterate Panther. Nonetheless, it mostly came together. I certainly recommend for Elm Citi-ers. ( )