Assata : an autobiography / Assata Shakur ; [forewords by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds].
"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 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. ... Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides." From the book jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 1556520743
- ISBN: 9781556520747
- Physical Description: xix, 274 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2001]
- Copyright: ©1987
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- General Note:
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Zed Books Ltd." --Title verso pageOriginally published in [1987]. This edition has a new foreword dated 2000 and ©2001 by Angela Davis.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | BIO SHAKUR (Text) | 36015000760351 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
