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The now-classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. By turns shocking and lyrical, unblinking and raw, the searingly honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver are a testament to his unique place in... read more

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Nineteen fifty-four, when I was eighteen years old, is held to be a crucial turning point in the history of the Afro-American- for the U.S.A. as a whole-the year segregation was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  1. Eldridge Cleaver (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Dell
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1970
ISBN: 044021128X
Page Count: 208

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