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Walking With Panthers: Hip Hop and the Legacy of Black Power

Simon Witter, Sky, 1992

Rap chic, radical chic, Hollywood chic. In 1992 everyone wants a belated piece of the Black Panther Party’s guerilla chic. Simon Witter cuts through the ignorance and rhetoric to reveal the complex story of the 20th century’s hippest political party.

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