The war before [[electronic resource] ] : the true life story of becoming a Black Panther, keeping the faith in prison, and fighting for those left behind / / Safiya Bukhari; edited by Laura Whitehorn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458891903321
• Autore: Bukhari Safiya <1950-2003.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-74840-8; 9786612748400; 1-55861-654-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WhitehornLaura
• Disciplina: 973.04960730092
• Soggetti: African American women political activists; African American women; Women prisoners - West Virginia; African Americans - Civil rights - History; Civil rights movements - United States - History; Social justice - United States - History; Electronic books.; United States Race relations History Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: From the Black Panthers to political prisoners, one woman's politics paves the way for today's breakthroughs.