{"product_id":"driven-by-the-movement-reports-from-the-black-power-era-9781849356060","title":"Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collective portrait of the Black Power movement by radical journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDriven by the Movement\u003c\/i\u003e collects the stories of twenty ordinary people who did extraordinary things for the Black liberation struggle during the pivotal decade of 1965-1975. These activists came from across the US and all walks of life--single working mothers, clergy, students, teachers, military veterans--to organize against police brutality, poverty, hunger, substandard schools, and colonialism in Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from her own experience at the heart of the movement, JoNina Abron-Ervin's on-the-ground reporting offers a rare look into the pragmatism, optimism, compromise, and contradiction and the everyday acts of dedication that animated the Black Power era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes expanded material on the history of the\u003ci\u003e Black Panther\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper as a source of mass political education and on the Black Panther Party's legendary survival programs, such as its Free Breakfast for Children and healthcare programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA foreword by writer and organizer William C. Anderson connects two torchbearers of the Black radical tradition across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoNina Abron-Ervin\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, grassroots community organizer, and former member of the Black Panther Party. She was the last editor of the \u003ci\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper and the managing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Scholar \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. JoNina is a retired Western Michigan University associate professor of communication and cohosts the \u003ci\u003eBlack Autonomy Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam C. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation on No Map\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAs Black as Resistance.\u003c\/i\u003e He's also the cofounder of \u003ci\u003eOffshoot Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and a producer of the\u003ci\u003e Black Autonomy Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e. His writings have been included in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eWho Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Selves to Defend\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552881213714,"sku":"9781849356060","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e408525e-0534-4bbb-a7b6-14a8b8a929a3.jpg?v=1754910360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/driven-by-the-movement-reports-from-the-black-power-era-9781849356060","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}