| Murder in the Model City: The Black Panthers, Yale, and the Redemption of a Killer Contributor(s): Bass, Paul (Author), Rae, Douglas W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465069029 ISBN-13: 9780465069026 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 Annotation: In this white-knuckle journey through a turbulent America, the authors chronicle the events of May 20, 1969--when four members of the revolutionary Black Panther Party trudge through woods outside of New Haven, Connecticut, but only three men return--and the aftermath of those events. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 2006023432 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.36" W x 9.24" (1.40 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: May 20, 1969: Four members of the revolutionary Black Panther Party trudge through woods along the edges of the Coginchaug River outside of New Haven, Connecticut. Gunshots shatter the silence. Three men emerge from the woods. Soon, two are in police custody. One flees across the country. Nine Panthers would be tried for crimes committed that night, including National Chairman Bobby Seale, extradited from California with the aide of Panther nemesis, California Governor Ronald Reagan. Activists of all denominations descended on the New England city -- and the campus of Yale. The Nixon administration sent 4,000 National Guardsmen. U.S. military tanks lined the streets outside of New Haven. In this white-knuckle journey through a turbulent America, Doug Rae and Paul Bass let us eavesdrop on late-night meetings between Yale President, Kingman Brewster, and radical activists, including Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, as they try to avert disaster. Meanwhile, most heartrending of all is the never-before-told story of Warren Kimbro -- star community worker turned Panther assassin -- who faces an uphill battle to turn his life around. |