Media Bias, Perspective, and State Repression: The Black Panther Party Book

Introduction 1

Pt. 1 Conceptualization

1 Objectivity and Subjectivity in Event Catalogs 25

2 The Rashomon Effect, Observation, and Data Generation 52

3 Understanding State Repressive Behavior 74

Pt. II Cases

4 The Black Panther Party vs. the United States, 1967-1973: Background 93

5 An Event Catalog of Dissent and Repression: The BPP in the Bay Area 107

6 A Mosaic of Coercion: Five Cases of Anti-panther Repressive Behavior 127

Pt. III Conclusion

7 Conflict, Events, and Catalogs 179

Appendix The Black Panther-U.S. Government Event Catalog 193

Bibliography 201

Index 231