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Assata : An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)

Assata : An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)

by Assata Shakur

This presents the life story of African American revolutionary Shakur, previously known as JoAnne Chesimard.

On the first day of the millennium, a small town gathers to witness a miracle and unravel its portents for the century: the mysterious reappearance of a lost infant, Pajarita. Later, as a young woman in the capital city — Montevideo, brimming with growth and promise — Pajarita begins a lineage of fiercely independent women. Her daughter, Eva, survives a brutal childhood to pursue her dreams as a rebellious poet... (more)

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

by Angela Y. Davis

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George JacksonJean Genet (Introduction)

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson

by Jean Genet (Introduction)

Alchemy of Race and Rights

by Patricia J. Williams

Williams enables us to see how we can unthink the process that allows racism to persist. She presents an eloquent argument for keeping rights and affirmative action in the legal vocabulary--and a powerful description of the seemingly ineluctable status of black people in the United States today.

Taste of Power

by Elaine Brown

Brown's account of her life at the highest levels of the Black Panther party's hierarchy. More than a journey through a turbulent time in American history, this is the story of a black woman's battle to define herself.

Guevara, Also Known As Che

by Martin Roberts, Paco Taibo

Mexican novelist and historian Paco Ignacio Taibo II here captures the life and character of Che Guevara, the preeminent Latin-American revolutionary of the late twentieth century. The symbol of radical egalitarianism and the war against social injustice, Guevara was gunned down in the jungles of southeastern Bolivia in 1967, his death surrounded by questions that remain unanswered. In the years since he died,... (more)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Anita J. Aboulafia, Malcolm X, Alex Haley

If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malxolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is now an established classic of modern America, a book that expresses like none other the crucial truth about our times. "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book." TEH NEW YORKTIMES

Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids

Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids

by Jim Marrs

In this astonishing book, celebrated reporter and New York Times -; bestselling author Jim Marrs painstakingly explores the world's most closely guarded secrets, exposing clandestine cabals and the power they have wielded throughout time. Defiantly rooting out the truth, he unearths starting evidence that the real movers and shakers covertly collude to start and stop wars, manipulate stock markets and interest... (more)

Radical Walking Tours of New York City (2nd ed)

Radical Walking Tours of New York City (2nd ed)

by Bruce Kayton

Traditional walking tours of New York City lionize the wealthy and war heroes by emphasizing what they've left behind. Rarely seen are the emblems of those buried in their wake -- the people who fought the establishment, pushing for a better world. In Radical Walking Tours of New York City, political activist Bruce Kayton leads readers to monuments of these lesser-known heroes. Through Kayton's lens, the ... (more)

A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary

by Ken Saro-Wiwa

This is the extraordinary and moving account of Ken Saro-Wiwa's period of detention in 1993, and is also a personal history of the man who gave voice to the campaign for basic human and political rights for the Ogoni people. It was fear of his success that made Saro-Wiwa the target of the despotic Nigerian military regime. Arrested on 21 June 1993, ostensibly for his part in election-day disturbances, he describes... (more)

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Assata : An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)

by Assata Shakur

The Invisible Mountain

by Carolina de Robertis

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

by Angela Y. Davis

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson

by Jean Genet (Introduction)

Alchemy of Race and Rights

by Patricia J. Williams

Taste of Power

by Elaine Brown

Guevara, Also Known As Che

by Martin Roberts, Paco Taibo

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Anita J. Aboulafia, Malcolm X, Alex Haley

Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids

by Jim Marrs

Radical Walking Tours of New York City (2nd ed)

by Bruce Kayton

A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary

by Ken Saro-Wiwa

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson

by George Jackson