About the Author

Curtis J. Austin is an associate professor of history and codirector of the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Elbert "Big Man" Howard was a founding member of the Black Panther Party and the editor of the party's newspaper.

Reviews

We desperately need good historical scholarship about the Black Panther Party, and this strong history is a good place to start. Austin's focus on violence is a shrewd decision." —Tim Tyson, author of Blood Done Sign My Name and Radio Free Dixie

"This book powerfully demonstrates the centrality of violence in the historical trajectory and our historical memory of the Party . . . a serious, sober, and probing contribution to the ongoing project of historicizing and understanding the Party and its importance." —Waldo Martin, author of Civil Rights in the United States: An Encyclopedia and The Mind of Frederick Douglas