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The war before : the true life story of becoming a Black Panther, keeping the faith in prison, and fighting for those left behind / Safiya Bukhari; edited by Laura Whitehorn.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bukhari, Safiya, 1950-2003.
Contributor:
Whitehorn, Laura.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American women political activists--Biography.
African American women political activists.
African American women--Biography.
African American women.
Women prisoners--West Virginia--Biography.
Women prisoners.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources.
African Americans.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--Sources.
Civil rights movements.
Social justice--United States--History--Sources.
Social justice.
United States--Race relations--History--Sources.
United States.
Black Panther Party--Biography.
Black Panther Party.
Bukhari, Safiya, 1950-2003.
Bukhari, Safiya.
Bukhari, Safiya, 1950-2003--Archives.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (313 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
From the Black Panthers to political prisoners, one woman's politics paves the way for today's breakthroughs.
Contents:
Preface / by Wonda White Jones
Foreword by Angela Y. Davis
Introduction / by Laura Whitehorn
Coming of age : a Black revolutionary
Testimony : experiences in the Black Panther Party
Marriage contract : Safiya A. Bukhari and Michael M (Ashanti) Alston
What is security? And the ballot or the bullet ... revisited
Enemies and friends : resolving contradictions
On the question of sexism within the Black Panther Party
"Islam and revolution" is not a contradiction
We too are also veterans : post-traumatic stress disorders and the Black Panter Party
This is worth fighting for
On the question of political prisoners
Building support for political prisoners of war incarcerated in North America
Talks on the Black Panter Party and the Black liberation struggle
Lest we forget
CBS tries the New York three
Talking about Assata Shakur
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!
COINTELPRO and the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Safiya interviews Albert Nuh Washington
Letter for the parole of Jalil Muntaqim
Q & A on Jericho 98
Debate: should we grant amnesty to America's political prisoners?
Kamau Sadiki : injustice continues ...
Afterword / by Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes index.
ISBN:
9786612748400
9781282748408
1282748408
9781558616547
1558616543
OCLC:
630541456

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