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• Assata

  Shakur, Assata,

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  Between 1973 and 1979, JoAnne Chesimard made news as a Black Panther revolutionary. To some, she was a wild-eyed, crazy black woman criminal; to others, such as the FBI and the state of New Jersey, she was a dangerous, subversive militant and,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Assata

  An Autobiography

  Shakur, Assata

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  Between 1973 and 1979, JoAnne Chesimard made news as a Black Panther revolutionary. To some, she was a wild-eyed, crazy black woman criminal; to others, such as the FBI and the state of New Jersey, she was a dangerous, subversive militant and,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Autobiography as Activism

  Three Black Women of the Sixties

  Perkins, Margo V.

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  Angela Davis, Assata Shakur (a.k.a. JoAnne Chesimard), and Elaine Brown are the only women activists of the Black Power movement who have published book-length autobiographies. In bearing witness to that era, these militant newsmakers wrote in part…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inadmissible Evidence

  the Story of the African-American Trial Lawyer Who Defended the Black Liberation Army

  Williams, Evelyn (Evelyn A.)

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  Williams offers here a historical and personal account chronicling her experiences from law school to her becoming one of the first African American female trial lawyers. She also describes in vivid detail the story of her defense of her niece…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Want to Start a Revolution?

  Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle

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  From Rosa Parks and Esther Cooper Jackson, to Shirley Graham DuBois and Assata Shakur, a host of women demonstrated a lifelong commitment to radical change, embracing multiple roles to sustain the movement, founding numerous groups and mentoring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black History in Its Own Words

  Wimberly, Ronald,

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• Assata Taught Me

  State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives

  Murch, Donna Jean,

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  Black Panther and Cuban exile Assata Shakur has inspired generations of radical protest, including the contemporary movement for Black lives. Drawing its title from one of America's foremost revolutionaries, this collection of thought-provoking…Read moreRead more of this annotation