02698cam a2200469 4500 2601718434 TxAuBib 20251024120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781641605021 1641605022 71e7af79-5c01-427f-be4f-c7890c3dac12 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1073626 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shakur, Assata. Assata [e-iNC eBook] : An Autobiography. Lawrence Hill Books, 2020. the assasination of fred hampton. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Black Liberation Army. black panther party. Martin Luther King. black lives matter. assata's daughters. 1973 state trooper. African American. Black Panthers. New Jersey. Malcolm X. History. memoir. assata. Tupac. race. FBI. HTML: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 had 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. This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. The result is a signal contribution to the literature about growing up Black in America that has already taken its place alongside The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the works of Maya Angelou. Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-10-23 20:00:03. Davis, Angela. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=71E7AF79-5C01-427F-BE4F-C7890C3DAC12&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)