Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans

by Charles E. Jones (Foreword), Curtis J. Austin (Introduction), Orissa Arend (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $33.35

  Portrays the Black Panther Party in New Orleans in 1970, a year that included a shootout with the police on Piety Street, the creation of survival programs, and the daylong standoff between the Panthers and the police in the Desire housing development. This title tells a story that unfolds amid guns, tear gas, desperate poverty, and oppression.