The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans
by
Orissa Arend, Charles E. Jones, Curtis J. Austin
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Showdown in Desire 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. Through interviews with Malik...