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Assata: An Autobiography
by Assata Shakur
Hands down, this was my favorite book for Black History Month.
This book opens up to Assata being pulled out of a car by officers on May 2, 1973, where she was accused of killing a white state trooper.
"Bitch, you'd better open your goddamn mouth or I'll blow your goddamn head off!"
Assata Shakur is one resilient woman. She surely didn't have the ideal childhood but all that made her tough. As she came into herself and her blackness she joined The Black Liberation Army and the Black Panthers. She listened to different minorities' perspectives and band together to support each other. She expressed her opinions and ideas even when others didn't want to listen.
For me, this was an important book to read since I didn't grow up knowing about her. I finally heard a little bit about her when I took a Pan African class in college. I think everyone should read this book and learn about her and the time's back then.
This book opens up to Assata being pulled out of a car by officers on May 2, 1973, where she was accused of killing a white state trooper.
"Bitch, you'd better open your goddamn mouth or I'll blow your goddamn head off!"
Assata Shakur is one resilient woman. She surely didn't have the ideal childhood but all that made her tough. As she came into herself and her blackness she joined The Black Liberation Army and the Black Panthers. She listened to different minorities' perspectives and band together to support each other. She expressed her opinions and ideas even when others didn't want to listen.
For me, this was an important book to read since I didn't grow up knowing about her. I finally heard a little bit about her when I took a Pan African class in college. I think everyone should read this book and learn about her and the time's back then.