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ContentS Foreword by Charles E. Jones xi Introduction by Curtis J. Austin xvii Preface xxvii PArt i: BulletS And BreAkfASt on Piety Street 1 Desire and the Panthers 3 2 The Panther, the “Mayor of Desire,” and the Mayor’s Special Assistant 15 3 Remembering and Forgetting: What Really Happened 23 4 The Nuts and Bolts of Infiltration 29 5 Moving the System 39 6 The “Kidnapping” of Ronald Ailsworth 47 7 A Pig or Officer Friendly? 51 8 Just before the Shootout 55 9 The Shootout 69 10 After the Shootout: New Orleanians Speak Out 79 PArt ii: deSire heAtS uP 11 The Rematch 91 12 This Time We Ain’t Movin’ 95 13 The Massacre That Almost Occurred 101 vii 14 The Day after the Standoff, Revelations in a Pig’s Eye, Kinship, and Luck 113 15 Double Dirty Tricks 119 16 The Year After: Did the Panthers Make a Difference or Were the People “Tricked as Usual”? 131 17 Panthers and Principles on Trial: “Somebody Has to Not Have Fear” 137 18 “Better Off in the Penitentiary” 147 PArt iii: PriSonerS And thoSe who love them 19 The Escapees—Now Known as the Angola Three— and the Panthers: A Long-Term Relationship 155 20 “The Mayor” Goes to Prison 165 21 Geronimo ji Jaga 169 PArt iv: mAking SenSe of it 22 Where Have All the Panthers Gone? 175 23 Grits, Not Guns: The Panther Legacy 183 24 And Then Came Katrina 191 Epilogue 203 Acknowledgments 211 Appendix A: Cast of Characters 213 Appendix B: October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program 217 Appendix C: Eight Points of Attention 221 Appendix D: Three Main Rules of Discipline 222 ContentS viii [3.88.16.192] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 14:24 GMT) Chronology 223 Abbreviations 227 Notes 229 Suggested Reading and Viewing 243 Bibliography 255 Index 259 ContentS ix ...