Assata Shakur's powerful autobiography details her life as a Black Panther activist and her struggles against systemic oppression.
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Assata Shakur's powerful autobiography details her life as a Black Panther activist and her struggles against systemic oppression.
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On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (previously known as 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...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Violence & gore
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Shootout kills state trooper; Assata wounded and hospitalized; prison violence and police encounters described
Profanity
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Moderate strong language including 'shit,' 'hell,' and revolutionary rhetoric
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central focus on Black nationalism, COINTELPRO, police corruption, and revolutionary movements
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Systemic racism, police brutality, lengthy incarceration, and murder trial depicted
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