Sparks Into Fire
Young Whan Choi
Foreword By: Ericka Huggins
Publication Date: July 22, 2022
Pages: 144
For Rethinking Schools, Young Whan Choi adapted a portion of his book Sparks Into Fire into an essay about how he incorporated the local history of the Black Panther Party into his History Methods Class for preservice teachers. He begins,
On Sept. 28, 2020, the Oakland City Council convened to discuss a resolution pertaining to the legacy of the Black Panther Party (BPP), which had been founded in Oakland more than 50 years prior. That evening, the members discussed whether or not to “approve plans to install a memorial to Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party outside the Alameda County Courthouse” and to use “the iconic photograph of Huey Newton seated in a wicker chair with a rifle in one hand and a spear” as the basis for the memorial.
Read the full essay at Rethinking Schools