Date of Award
Summer 8-10-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
African-American Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Akinyele Umoja
Second Advisor
Dr. Makungu Akinyela
Third Advisor
Dr. Charles E. Jones
Abstract
This research examines the collaborative relationships the Black Panther Party formed with white radical groups in the United States for the purposes of contributing to allyship theory and praxis and understanding antiracist and radical political consciousness development among whites in response to black political ideology and racialized political events using a historical analysis methodology utilizing a review and content analysis of primary sources including archival records, autobiographies, newspapers, and essays, and secondary sources including Panther anthologies, and Civil Rights Movement and Panther histories. This research argues the Black Panther Party and the diversity of collaborative relationships it formed nationally with organizations such as the Students for a Democratic Society, Peace and Freedom Party, and locally among its branches and chapters such as the Rainbow Coalition for Revolutionary Solidarity in Chicago, Illinois, provides potential insights and models for black-white allyship and broader multi-racial coalition politics in the contemporary Black Freedom Movement.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/24095208
Recommended Citation
Smith, Marcus P., "The Black Panther Party and Mother Country Radicals: Black-White Coalitions and Alliances During the Black Power Movement." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/24095208
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