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The war before the true life story of becoming a Black Panther, keeping the faith in prison, and fighting for those left behind
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- Summary
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From the Black Panthers to political prisoners, one woman's politics paves the way for today's breakthroughs.
Details
- Creator
- Safiya Bukhari; edited by Laura Whitehorn
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1282748408, 9786612748400, 1558616543, 1558616101
- OCLC
- ocn630541456, on1017610788
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Preface / by Wonda White Jones -- Foreword by Angela Y. Davis -- Introduction / by Laura Whitehorn -- Coming of age : a Black revolutionary -- Testimony : experiences in the Black Panther Party -- Marriage contract : Safiya A. Bukhari and Michael M (Ashanti) Alston -- What is security? And the ballot or the bullet ... revisited -- Enemies and friends : resolving contradictions -- On the question of sexism within the Black Panther Party -- "Islam and revolution" is not a contradiction -- We too are also veterans : post-traumatic stress disorders and the Black Panter Party -- This is worth fighting for -- On the question of political prisoners -- Building support for political prisoners of war incarcerated in North America -- Talks on the Black Panter Party and the Black liberation struggle -- Lest we forget -- CBS tries the New York three -- Talking about Assata Shakur -- Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! -- COINTELPRO and the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal -- Safiya interviews Albert Nuh Washington -- Letter for the parole of Jalil Muntaqim -- Q & A on Jericho 98 -- Debate: should we grant amnesty to America's political prisoners? -- Kamau Sadiki : injustice continues ... -- Afterword / by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Subjects
- African American women political activists -- Biography.
- African American women -- Biography.
- Women prisoners -- West Virginia -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources.
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Sources.
- Social justice -- United States -- History -- Sources.
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources.
- Black Panther Party -- Biography.
- Bukhari, Safiya, 1950-2003.
- Bukhari, Safiya, 1950-2003 -- Archives.