From The Bottom Of The Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King - Softcover

King, Robert Hillary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160486575X ISBN 13: 9781604865752

Verlag: PM Press, 2012

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Book by King Robert Hillary

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"Three aspects of this book make it accessible and applicable: King's aptitude for storytelling--non-linear, conversational, straightforward, and insightful--his eventual explanation of the Black Panther Party's significance and power, and the details of his own legal battles fought from behind prison bars." --WIN Magazine

"[King] fights, he yells, he refuses to take the beatings, whether ideologically or physically. He never gives up hope." --San Francisco Bay View

"[The Angola Three], as Robert reveals in this stunning account of his life, have fought tirelessly to redress injustice, not only for themselves, but for others." --Gordon Roddick, activist and cofounder, The Body Shop

"King uses his own history to show how the racial and economic hierarchies in mid-20th century Louisiana condemned most Black people to lives of insecurity and fear." --Colorlines

"There are more than 3,000 people serving life without the possibility of parole in Angola today, some as young as 14 when they were sent there, and many of them innocent but without the lawyer to prove it. We owe it to them, and others in a similar plight around the world, to read this book." --Clive Stafford Smith, director, Reprieve

"King's story is powerful, carefully observed, and deserves a wide audience." --Publishers Weekly (January 26, 2013)

Reseña del editor:

Expanded and updated with new photographs and stories, this autobiography of one of the Angola Three traces the life of Robert Hillary King from his early days in Louisiana, through a troubled adolescence, a conviction that kept him behind bars for decades, his relationship with the Black Panther Party, and his eventual release from prison. In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained for 29 years. In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free. A story of inspiration and courage, this simple and humble narrative strips bare the economic and social injustices inherent in society, while proving to be a powerful literary testimony to the triumph of the human spirit.

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• Verlag: PM Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 160486575X
• ISBN 13: 9781604865752
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252