David F. Walker. (2021). The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed.

David F. Walker. 2021. The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed.

David F. Walker, The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2021.

David F. Walker. The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2021.

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   • bioText: David F. Walker is an award-winning comic book writer, author, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His work in comic books includes Shaft, winner of the Glyph Award for Story of the Year, Power Man and Iron Fist, Nighthawk, Fury, Secret Wars: Battleworld, Cyborg, The Army of Dr. Moreau, and Number 13. He is also the creator of the critically-acclaimed YA series The Adventures of Darius Logan and the author of the graphic novel biography The Life of Frederick Douglass. Recognized as a leading scholar expert of African American cinema, Walker produced one of the definitive documentaries on the topic of Blaxploitation films, Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered, and Shafted.
     Marcus Kwame Anderson is an illustrator and fine artist. Much of his work explores the beauty and diversity of the African diaspora and often incorporates social commentary. He graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a degree in illustration. Anderson is the co-creator of the comic book series Snow Daze and has illustrated stories in Action Lab's Cash and Carrie and F.O.R.C.E.
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WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD • A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party.
Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. This gripping illustrated history explores the impact and significance of the Panthers, from their social, educational, and healthcare programs that were designed to uplift the Black community to their battle against police brutality through citizen patrols and frequent clashes with the FBI, which targeted the Party from its outset.
Using dramatic comic book-style retellings and illustrated profiles of key figures, The Black Panther Party captures the major events, people, and actions of the party, as well as their cultural and political influence and enduring legacy.

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     Starred review from December 21, 2020
     This nuanced, accessible history of the Black Panther Party doesn’t shy away from the complexity of the political movement, nor does it fall into the trap of painting the diverse group as uniformly heroes or villains. “The Black Panthers became mythical—and it can be difficult to separate myth from reality,” explains Walker (The Life of Frederick Douglass). He opens the narrative long before the Party’s official founding in Oakland in 1966, showing why Black civil rights activists eventually saw problems with nonviolent reform in the face of violence from white supremacist mobs and state officials alike. Bobby Seale’s famous speech from the steps of the California State Capitol building in 1967 resonate today: “Black people have begged, prayed, petitioned, and demonstrated... to get the racist power structure of America to right wrongs.” Other key Panther figures, such as Huey P. Newtown and Eldridge Cleaver are provided concise profiles. Artist Kwame Anderson balances text and images skillfully, and even the wordiest sections feel spacious, while he lends cinematic visual pacing to the many heated interactions between activists and police. “While the year is different, the times are the same,” Walker concludes in an afterword written in May 2020. “Writing this book broke my heart.” This concise yet in-depth guide offers a timely resource for activists, history buffs, and students alike.

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     Starred review from December 3, 2021
     

     The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense emerged in the 1960s to resist police brutality against Black people, and to counter other violence against pacifist civil rights activists like James Meredith. But soon the Panthers loomed in media stories only as a gun-toting threat to white majority America, whose safety purportedly rested only with the police themselves and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI. Indeed, Hoover's unscrupulous COINTELPRO campaign of harassment, infiltration, and killings fed sensationalist stereotypes about Black activists. Yet a major Panther focus was providing social services for Black communities: food programs, schools, and healthcare centers. For while President Lyndon Johnson's Kerner Commission concluded that the lack of such services had contributed to the nation's racial unrest, the commission's recommendations were ignored. Walker's (The Life of Frederick Douglass) detailed and sometimes unflattering account spans 1525 to 1988, incorporating profiles of Panther leaders, cameos of civil rights martyrs, and document excerpts, all brought to life by Anderson's (Cash and Carrie) clean, realistic colors. VERDICT This nuanced and gripping history supplies much needed background for today's activism relating to violence against Black people. For all adult and teen collections.

     Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     Starred review from January 1, 2021
     Grades 9-12 *Starred Review* Containing the informational density of a textbook and the brisk page compositions, dramatic framing, characterful art, and rich colors of a comic book, Walker and Anderson's work covers the titular organization's history as revolutionary group and its less-documented dedication to community service. They begin with the first use of black panther imagery by a regional political party in Lowndes County, Alabama; the inception of the Black Power movement; and the foundational relationship of Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale; and carry us through to the party's fractious unravelling and slow, dwindling death in 1982 (though there are currently more than a dozen members still incarcerated). Along the way, they spotlight notable exploits; infrastructure; FBI's counter-intelligence programs; the creation of the crucial Black Panther newspaper; and the party's progressive community outreach, serving as crossing guards, opening "liberation schools," and providing breakfast for school kids, among their many "survival programs." Wisely, though, the tale is told mainly through portrayals of the people at the organization's heart, including a section devoted to its female members. Though clearly sympathetic, the book hews close to the facts--unflattering ones included--and offers insight through quotes, conjectured conversations, statistics, and images, shedding light on the motives, events, and social currents that brought the Black Panthers crashing like a tidal wave into the System, a conflict that remains tragically and urgently relevant.

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