On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder. This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. The result is a signal contribution to the literature about growing up Black in America that has already taken its place alongside The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the works of Maya Angelou. Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides.
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
(Inc. Tax)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$18.95
(You save
)
- SKU:
- 9781556520747
- UPC:
- 9781556520747
- Gift wrapping:
- Options available
- Published by:
- Lawrence Hill Books
- Pub date:
- 11/01/1999
- Binding type:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 274
- ISBN:
- 9781556520747
Donna Murch
Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Mass Incarceration, and the Movement for Black Lives
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
(Inc. Tax)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$18.95
Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
(Inc. Tax)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$16.95
Kaoutar Harchi
As We Exist: A Postcolonial Autobiography
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
(Inc. Tax)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$15.99
Vladimir Nabokov
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
(Inc. Tax)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$17.00
Maggie Nelson
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
(Inc. Tax)
MSRP:
Was:
Now:
$18.00
!