{"product_id":"driven-by-the-movement-reports-from-the-black-power-era-jonina-abron-ervin-author-william-c-anderson-foreword","title":"JoNina Abron-Ervin \n| Driven by the Movement Reports from the Black Power Era book","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Copy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collective portrait of the Black Power movement by radical journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDriven by the Movement\u003c\/em\u003e collects the stories of twenty ordinary people who did extraordinary things for the Black liberation struggle during the pivotal decade of 1965–1975. These activists came from across the US and all walks of life—single working mothers, clergy, students, teachers, military veterans—to organize against police brutality, poverty, hunger, substandard schools, and colonialism in Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from her own experience at the heart of the movement, JoNina Abron-Ervin’s on-the-ground reporting offers a rare look into the pragmatism, optimism, compromise, and contradiction and the everyday acts of dedication that animated the Black Power era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes expanded material on the history of the\u003cem\u003e Black Panther\u003c\/em\u003enewspaper as a source of mass political education and on the Black Panther Party’s legendary survival programs, such as its Free Breakfast for Children and healthcare programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA foreword by writer and organizer William C. Anderson connects two torchbearers of the Black radical tradition across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eDriven by the Movement\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Very little is written [about this period] by a scholar who is also sharing her lived experience. This is an essential work for all who wish to know more about the context of movements, their impact on our world, and the individuals who devoted their lives to the upliftment of humanity.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Ericka Huggins, educator and former member of the Black Panther Party\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDriven by the Movement\u003c\/em\u003e is necessary reading ... anchored in the radical knowledge that revolutionary movements are only possible because of the largely-under recognized intellectual and political work of masses of people who came together and worked to free one another and themselves. ... It will be especially powerful for the next generation of Black organizers.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eRobyn Maynard, author of \u003cem\u003eRehearsals for Living\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Told with a journalists' flair, a historian's sense of context, and a participant's candor...\u003cem\u003eDriven by the Movement\u003c\/em\u003e drops gem after gem, demonstrating the power of lions telling their own history.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eRobyn C. Spencer-Antoine, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We owe so much to revolutionary elder JoNina, last editor of the Black Panther newspaper and documentarian of the Black Power era.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Harsha Walia, author of \u003cem\u003eBorder and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoNina Abron-Ervin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist, grassroots community organizer, and former member of the Black Panther Party. She was the last editor of the \u003cem\u003eBlack Panther\u003c\/em\u003enewspaper and the managing editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Black Scholar \u003c\/em\u003emagazine. JoNina is a retired Western Michigan University associate professor of communication and cohosts the \u003cem\u003eBlack Autonomy Podcast\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam C. Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. 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