Boston Public Library MA Boston, 02116 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/internationalhisOOsmit Studies in AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISTORY CULTURE edited by GRAHAM RUSSELL HODGES Colgate University A GARLAND SERIES AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY JENNIFER SMITH B. Corn* MA02125 GARLAND PUBLISHING, Inc. A MEMBER OF THE TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP New York & London 1999 / — © Copyright 1999 Jennifer B. Smith All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Jennifer B., 1965- An international history of the Black Panther Party /Jennifer B. Smith. — p. cm. (Studies in African American history and culture) — Revision of the author's thesis State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8153-3257-2 (alk. paper) — 1. Black Panther Party History. 2.—Afro-American—s Politics and government. 3. Black power United States His- — — tory 20th century. 4. United States Race relations. 5. World politics—1965-1975. I. Title. II. Series. E185.615.S577 199 322.4'2'0973—dc21 99-19905 UC BR E185.615 S577 1999 Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper Manufactured in the United States of America ToMy Family andFriends