Robyn Ceanne Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3939830 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robyn Ceanne Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robyn Ceanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER R C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Engendering the Black Freedom Struggle
This chapter analyzes the gender politics of the Black Panther Party (BPP), one of the leading organizations of the Black Power movement, in the Bay Area of California, especially Oakland. The Panthers’ gender politics were a function of official policy and ideological dictates; an outgrowth of day–to–day struggles and impromptu debates, and the result of mostly female members’ demands that the organization actualize its rhetoric about gender equ…
The Revolution Has Come
In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, where hundreds of young people came to political awareness and journeyed to adulthood as members. Challenging the belief that the Panthers were a projection of the leadership, Spencer draws on interviews with rank-and-file members, FBI files, and archival materials to examine the impact the organization's internal politics…
Groundings with My Mentor
Engendering the Black Freedom Struggle
This article explores how black women who joined the Black Panther Party, one of the leading Black Power organizations in the 1960s and 70s, were empowered to challenge racism and sexism in society, in the Panthers, and in themselves. Using oral history and archival sources, it examines such issues as formal and informal leadership, state political repression, gendered guerilla imagery, and debates around child rearing and birth control to reveal…
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Engendering the Black Freedom Struggle
This article explores how black women who joined the Black Panther Party, one of the leading Black Power organizations in the 1960s and 70s, were empowered to challenge racism and sexism in society, in the Panthers, and in themselves. Using oral history and archival sources, it examines such issues as formal and informal leadership, state political repression, gendered guerilla imagery, and debates around child rearing and birth control to reveal…
Groundings with My Mentor
The Revolution Has Come
In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, where hundreds of young people came to political awareness and journeyed to adulthood as members. Challenging the belief that the Panthers were a projection of the leadership, Spencer draws on interviews with rank-and-file members, FBI files, and archival materials to examine the impact the organization's internal politics…
Engendering the Black Freedom Struggle
This chapter analyzes the gender politics of the Black Panther Party (BPP), one of the leading organizations of the Black Power movement, in the Bay Area of California, especially Oakland. The Panthers’ gender politics were a function of official policy and ideological dictates; an outgrowth of day–to–day struggles and impromptu debates, and the result of mostly female members’ demands that the organization actualize its rhetoric about gender equ…
Political science (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (2 works) · Black Power (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Power (physics) (2 works)