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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815113103321

Autore

Bukhari Safiya <1950-2003.>

Titolo

The war before : 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

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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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.