Explaining the demise of the Black Panther Party: The role of internal factors

An anti-authoritarian analysis of the Black Panthers' demise by Ollie A. Johnson III.

As seen in Chapter Sixteen of Charles E. Jones' book The Black Panther Party Reconsidered, pages 391 - 414.

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