Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination
Paperback (Trade paperback US) | Oct 2013 | University of Minnesota Press | 9780816676491 | 312pp | 228x152mm | RFB | AUD$21.99, NZD$24.99
Hardback | Nov 2011 | University of Minnesota Press | 9780816676484 | 288pp | RFB | AUD$29.99, NZD$34.99
Between its founding in 1966 and its formal end in 1980, the Black Panther Party blazed a distinctive trail in American political culture. The Black Panthers are most often remembered for their revolutionary rhetoric and militant action. Here, Alondra Nelson deftly recovers an indispensable but lesser-known aspect of the organization's broader struggle for social justice: health care.