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  <title><![CDATA[Assata: An Autobiography]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Nov 29 09:24:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i don't think i really need to explain that this book is awesome. it is the autobiography of assata shakur, who was in the black panther party &amp; eventually arrested, charged with murder. she made a baby with a fellow defendant during the trial &amp; gave birth while shackled to a gurney. some comrades b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34972713">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 05 13:30:44 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i believe in living.<br/>By Assata Shakur<br/><br/>i believe in living.<br/>i believe in the spectrum<br/>of Beta days and Gamma people.<br/>i believe in sunshine.<br/>In windmills and waterfalls,<br/>tricycles and rocking chairs;<br/>And i believe that seeds grow into sprouts.<br/>And spr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16650771">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 24 11:34:36 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 06 08:33:33 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is both a wonderful read, and extremely thought-provoking.  Although it deals with the Black Power movement in the 1970s and 1980s, it is painfully relevant to current debates over government control such as the Patriot Act.  Assata Shakur was wrongfully imprisoned as part of the FBI and U...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10965103">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kyle and Ocean read this and raved.  I read this and felt a lack of reaction.  I don't know what this means.  This book fills in the details of the life of a political prisoner, Assata Shakur.  Assata was framed for multiple crimes and then housed and abused in the prison system while waiting years ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59525914">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book first when I was quite young and then re-read it during my trip to Cuba this year. This booked kicked me in the ass more so now. The book goes back and forth from her incarceration and struggles through the 1970s legal system to the story of her youth to radical awakenings. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42523526">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[July 6, 2009<br/><br/>This book was great, almost up there with Malcolm X as far as favorites go.  She writes beautifully and this was a great story of strength and unbelievable courage.  I wish I could be as strong.  She faced enourmous amounts of adversity and didn't seem to let it break her.  M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58224036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23663951">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;i must confess that waltzes<br/>do not move me.<br/>i have no sympathy<br/>for symphonies.<br/><br/>i guess i hummed the Blues<br/>too early,<br/>and spent too many midnights<br/>out wailing in the rain.&quot;<br/><br/>this most powerful and accessible book reminds me that the true h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23663951">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the compelling autobiography of one of America's great modern New Afrikan revolutionary women. It's engaging, and generally well written, although there are a few parts where the narrative stumbles due to gaps--but the author is a wanted woman and she has plenty of secrets to keep. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11518465">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The matter-of-fact transition of an African-American girl into a politically conscious Black Revolutionary woman. So real, so clear, so focused. The fight has always been against capitalism and imperialism, from the beginnings of the slave trade to Reagan's invasions into Latin America (to NAFTA, CA...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53133464">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[whoa. this book is fucking amazing. were i not already a committed anti-prison activist, this book would surely have turned me into one. shakur combines horrifying jail narratives with memories of growing up black &amp; female in 1960's new york city, and her eventual radicalization. even though she spe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50395356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Autobiography of Assata Shakur takes place during the 60's-70's and chronicals the life of Assata Shakur from her childhood to her time when she was a part of the Black Panther Party.  I must say that I really enjoyed the book and it was very interesting.  One thing that was different about this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49671974">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[We're supposed to trust the state as part of some social contract we allegedly signed.  We're supposed to look to it for protection and support when we're most vulnerable.  If I learned anything from this book, it's that your positionality has everything to do with how you view the state.  Some peop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7210760">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a classic autobiography! Was an invigorating whirlwind of a story and account of Assata's life, that detailed her existence from young to her escape from prison. Assata Shakur, is a revolutionary sister who continues to fight for the freedom of all people, but mostly black and other mi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69142096">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>This is one of those books that changed my life.  I read it my first semester in college in my first woman's studies class.  It opened my eyes to issues of race, class and gender that women face.  Her strength is amazing.  Her life... bigger than life.  Her social activism my model.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Given to me by a friend who thought I could learn a thing or two about our history. <br/>It's a frustrating read because she goes through so much strife. 3/4 of the book she's in jail! What is wrong with the human race that they must work so hard to keep us down!<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="57268338">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this autobiography back in graduate school in a course on black critical theory taught by the inimitable Catherine John.  The story Shakur tells is remarkable, and her thoughts on the corrupt justice and prison system in the United States are spot-on.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent prison book and political, cultural manifesto.  An important account of American racism.  Perhaps more importantly a window into the 1970's cultural zeitgeist with particular focus on black power / pride and political counter culture.  Well worth the read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a love for autobiographies - something about hearing in their own words really gets me.  This one was a wonderfully done by Assata Shakur.  You always hear about Rosa Parks and others who stood up during the civil rights movement, but I had never heard of this powerful woman.  This story is h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42027181">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a surprisingly good book. This is about Tupac Shakur's grandmother (I believe) who fought for the Black Panthers and escaped to Cuba. It is very interesting to read her battle and discoveries of life growing up as an African American woman. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is almost impossible to believe you can hold a book of this weight in your hands, and it is somewhat inappropriate to write a review of it, though it must be noted that Shakur's framework is of stellar analysis, poetry, and depth.  Her writing is so committed to life that at times it is unbearabl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39037095">more...</a>]]></body>
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