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My People Are Rising

by Aaron Dixon
Judson L. Jeffries
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The founder of the Black Panther Party's Seattle chapter recounts his life on the frontlines of the Black Power Revolution.
Growing up in Seattle in the 1960s, Aaron Dixon dedicated himself to the Civil Rights movement at an early age. As a teenager, he joined Martin Luther King on marches to end housing discrimination and volunteered to help integrate schools. After King's assassination in 1968, Dixon continued his activism by starting the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party at the age of nineteen.
In My People Are Rising, Dixon offers a candid account of life in the Black Panther Party. Through his eyes, we see the courage of a generation that stood up to injustice, their political triumphs and tragedies, and the unforgettable legacy of Black Power.
"This book is a moving memoir experience: a must read. The dramatic life cycle rise of a youthful sixties political revolutionary, my friend Aaron Dixon." —Bobby Seale, founding chairman and national organizer of the Black Panther Party, 1966 to 1974
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Publisher: Haymarket Books

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  • ISBN: 9781608461790
  • Release date: June 4, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9781608461790
  • Release date: June 4, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9781608461790
  • File size: 1506 KB
  • Release date: June 4, 2021
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Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction

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The founder of the Black Panther Party's Seattle chapter recounts his life on the frontlines of the Black Power Revolution.
Growing up in Seattle in the 1960s, Aaron Dixon dedicated himself to the Civil Rights movement at an early age. As a teenager, he joined Martin Luther King on marches to end housing discrimination and volunteered to help integrate schools. After King's assassination in 1968, Dixon continued his activism by starting the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party at the age of nineteen.
In My People Are Rising, Dixon offers a candid account of life in the Black Panther Party. Through his eyes, we see the courage of a generation that stood up to injustice, their political triumphs and tragedies, and the unforgettable legacy of Black Power.
"This book is a moving memoir experience: a must read. The dramatic life cycle rise of a youthful sixties political revolutionary, my friend Aaron Dixon." —Bobby Seale, founding chairman and national organizer of the Black Panther Party, 1966 to 1974
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Biography & Autobiography History Nonfiction