| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 373 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Transformative politics series
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Transformative politics series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Letter from Birmingham Jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The ballot or the bullet / Malcolm X -- Political prisoners, prisons, and Black liberation / Angela Y. Davis -- Prison, where is thy victory? / Huey P. Newton -- Towards the United Front / George Jackson -- COINTELPRO and the destruction of Black leaders and organizations / Dhoruba bin Wahad -- Religion and revolution / Jalil Muntaquim -- July 4th address / Assata Shakur -- Coming of age : a Black revolutionary / Safiya Bukhari -- An updated history of the new Afrikan prison struggle / Sundiata Acoli -- Anarchism and the Black revolution / Lorenzo Komboa Ervin -- Intellectuals and the gallows / Mumia Abu-Jamal -- Genocide waged against the Black nation / Mutulu Shakur [and others] -- The struggle for status under international law / Marilyn Buck -- White North American political prisoners / Rita Bo Brown -- On trial / Raymond Luc Levasseur -- Letter to the Weathermen / Rev. Daniel Berrigan -- Maternal convictions / Michele Naar-Obed -- An interview with lesbian political prisoners -- This is enough! / Jose Solis Jordan -- Art of liberation : a vision of freedom / Elizam Escobar -- Violence and the state / Standing Deer -- Inipi : sweat lodge / Leonard Peltier. |
| Summary |
These essays, by writer-activists incarcerated because of their political beliefs and acts, offer some controversial and thought-provoking theories of contemporary social change and liberation movements. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Political prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
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Political prisoners. |
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Intellectuals -- United States -- Biography.
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Intellectuals. |
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Government, Resistance to -- United States.
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Government, Resistance to. |
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Political crimes and offenses -- United States.
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Political crimes and offenses. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
James, Joy, 1958-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Imprisoned intellectuals. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2003 0742520269 0742520277 (DLC) 2002014813 (OCoLC)50630493 |
| ISBN |
0585455082 (electronic book) |
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9780585455082 (electronic book) |
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9781299830462 |
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1299830463 |
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9780742520264 |
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0742520269 |
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9780742520271 |
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0742520277 |
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