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Assata

An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka 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, infiltr...
Publish Date
1999-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
1999-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 1987
Goodreads rating
4.58
ISBN
9781556520747
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
2017-08-27T03:29:23.000Z
These five books are a MUST READ. #transformative      source
2020-06-19T18:36:47.000Z
I love assata! Enjoy! can't wait to see the book you buy :)      source