LEADER 03452nam 22005174a 4500001 ocn270129942 003 OCoLC 005 20141212013352.0 008 081031s2009 aruaf b s001 0deng 010 2008046794 020 9781557288967 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 1557288968 (cloth : alk. paper) 029 1 BWX |bR2770213 035 (Sirsi) o270129942 035 (OCoLC)270129942 040 DLC |cDLC |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dC#P |dBWX |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us-lan-us--- 049 EREE 050 00 F379.N59 |bN42 2009 082 00 323.1196/073/076335 |222 100 1 Arend, Orissa. |=^A1206867 245 10 Showdown in Desire : |bthe Black Panthers take a stand in New Orleans / |cby Orissa Arend. 260 Fayetteville : |bUniversity of Arkansas Press, |c2009. 300 xxxiii, 269 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index. 505 0 pt. 1. Bullets and breakfast on Piety Street -- Desire and the Panthers -- The Panther, the "mayor of Desire," and the mayor's special assistant -- Remembering and forgetting : what really happened -- The nuts and bolts of infiltration -- Moving the system -- The "kidnapping" of Ronald Ailsworth -- A pig or Officer Friendly? -- Just before the shootout -- The shootout -- After the shootout : New Orleanians speak out -- pt. 2. Desire heats up -- The rematch -- This time we ain't movin' -- The massacre that almost occurred -- The day after the standoff, revelations in a pig's eye, kinship, and luck -- Double dirty tricks -- The year after : did the Panthers make a difference or were the people "tricked as usual"? -- Panthers and principles on trial : "somebody has to not have fear" -- "Better off in the penitentiary" -- pt. 3. Prisoners and those who love them -- The escapees--now known as the Angola Three--and the Panthers : a long-term relationship -- "The mayor" goes to prison -- Geronimo ji Jaga -- pt. 4. Making sense of it -- Where have all the Panthers gone? -- Grits, not guns : the Panther legacy -- And then came Katrina. 610 20 Black Panther Party |xHistory. |=^A20302 650 0 African Americans |xCivil rights |zLouisiana |zNew Orleans |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A2003 650 0 African Americans |xCrimes against |zLouisiana |zNew Orleans |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A161836 650 0 African Americans |zLouisiana |zNew Orleans |xSocial conditions |y20th century. |=^A989906 650 0 Violence |zLouisiana |zNew Orleans |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A2938 650 0 Police-community relations |zLouisiana |zNew Orleans |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A2586 650 0 Public housing |zLouisiana |zNew Orleans |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A6197 651 0 New Orleans (La.) |xRace relations |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A46971 994 92 |bERE 910 PromptCat 938 Baker and Taylor |bBTCP |nBK0008056594 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n2950070 938 Blackwell Book Service |bBBUS |nR2770213 |c$29.95 980 2009-04-15 |b29.95 |d0 |e25.16 |f681674 |g30372013116535 |h40016587299 |iF 379.N59 N42 2009 596 1 998 1487770