An Amerikan family : the Shakurs and the nation they created

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Title:

An Amerikan family : the Shakurs and the nation they created

Author:

Holley, Santi Elijah, author.

ISBN:

9780358588764

Personal Author:

Holley, Santi Elijah, author.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Contents:

Part I -- The Trial -- Patriarchs -- Black Power -- Birth Of A Nation -- The Disciple -- Betrayal -- Civil War -- Part II -- An FBI Agent Behind Every Mailbox -- Free The Land -- Acupuncture For The People -- Revolutionary Justice -- The Student -- Joanne Of Arc -- Nothing To Lose But Our Chains -- Liberation -- Cracks In The Foundation -- The Big Dance -- Part III -- Young Black Male -- New Afrikan Panther -- Thug Life -- Guided By Struggle.

Abstract:

"A history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as seen through the Shakurs, one of the movement's most prominent and fiercely creative families, home to Tupac and Assata, and a powerful incubator for today's activism, scholarship, and artistry"-- Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject:

Shakur, Afeni.

Shakur family.

Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996.

Shakur, Lumumba Abdul, 1943-1985-Friends and associates.

Corporate Subject:

Black Panther Party -- Biography.

Subject Term:

African American political activists -- Biography.

Political activists -- United States -- Biography.

Black militant organizations -- New York (State) -- New York.

African American families -- New York (State) -- New York.