In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote for the national newspaper, and began his life-long work of exposing the violence of the state as it manifests in entrenched poverty, endemic racism, and unending police brutality…
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Draws on dialogues with the civil rights leader and mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur to document her activities as a Black Panther; explore the role of race, music, and drugs in her life; and consider the impact of her son's music.
Autobiographical accounts, texts written for political publications, speeches and documented interviews by Safiya Bukhari (1950-2003). The 22 texts reflect Buhkhari's experiences as an activist of the Black Panther Party, as a political prisoner and as a founder of the Jericho m…
The War Before
by Davis, Angela Y., OverDrive, Inc, Bukhari, Safiya, Abu-Jamal, Mumia, Whitehorn, Laura
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An inspiring memoir from a legendary activist and political prisoner that "reminds us of the sheer joy that comes from resisting civic wrongs" ( Truthout ). In 1968, Safiya Bukhari witnessed an NYPD officer harassing a Black Panther for selling the organization's newspaper on a …
From the Black Panthers to political prisoners, one woman's politics paves the way for today's breakthroughs.
The author traces her lifelong advocacy for the rights of the oppressed. These writings provide an intimate view of a woman wrestling with the issues of her time: the legacy of the Panthers, misogyny and racism in the movement, her decision to convert to Islam, the incarceration…
"In 1968, Safiya Bukhari witnessed an NYPD officer harassing a Black Panther for selling the organization's newspaper on a Harlem street corner. The young pre-med student felt compelled to intervene in defense of the Panther's First Amendment right; she ended up handcuffed and t…
Bernard Williams was one of the most important philosophers of the last fifty years, but he was also a distinguished critic and essayist with an elegant style and a rare ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide public. This is the first collection of Williams's popular ess…
Brown chronicles her life growing up as a poor black woman in Philadelphia and her later involvement in the militant Black Panther Party organization in California. In 1974, when its leader Huey Newton was arrested and jailed, it was Brown who stepped to the forefront to lead th…