Bibliograph

If they come in the morning, voices of resistance, Angela Y. Davis, Ruchell Magee, the Soledad Brothers and Other Political Prisoners ; with a foreword by Julian Bond

Type

Label

If they come in the morning, voices of resistance, Angela Y. Davis, Ruchell Magee, the Soledad Brothers and Other Political Prisoners ; with a foreword by Julian Bond

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

If they come in the morning

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

961365341

Responsibility statement

Angela Y. Davis, Ruchell Magee, the Soledad Brothers and Other Political Prisoners ; with a foreword by Julian Bond

Series statement

Radical thinkers

Sub title

voices of resistance

Summary

With race and the police once more burning issues, this classic work from one of America's giants of black radicalism has lost none of its prescience or power The trial of Angela Davis is remembered as one of America's most historic political trials, and no one can tell the story better than Davis herself. Opening with a letter from James Baldwin to Angela, and including contributions from numerous radicals and commentators such as Black Panthers George Jackson, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and Erica Huggins, this book is not only an account of Davis's incarceration and the struggles surrounding it, but also perhaps the most comprehensive and thorough analysis of the prison system of the United States and the figure embodied in Davis's arrest and imprisonment-the political prisoner. Since the book was written, the carceral system in the US has grown from strength to strength, with more of its black population behind bars than ever before. The scathing analysis of the role of prison and the policing of black populations offered by Davis and her comrades in this astonishing volume remains as relevant today as the day it was published. From the Trade Paperback edition

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Julian Bond -- Preface / Angela Y. Davis and Bettina Aptheker -- An open letter to my sister, Angela Y Davis / James Baldwin -- Political prisoners, prisons, and Black liberation / Angela Y Davis -- Lessons: From Attica to Soledad / Angela Y. Davis -- The social functions of the prisons in the United States / Bettina Aptheker -- Prison, where is thy victory? / Huey P. Newton -- Prisoners in rebellion: The Folsom Prisoners Manifesto -- Trials of political prisoners today / Angela Y. Davis -- Poems from prison / Ericka Huggins -- A message from prison / Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins -- A letter to Ericka from Angela -- A letter from Fleeta -- How a prison picks its victims / Eve Pell -- An appeal / Angela Y. Davis -- On prison reform, from a letter by John Clutchette -- Towards the United Front / George Jackson -- Letters to Jonathan Jackson from George Jackson -- Ruchell Magee / Robert Kaufman -- Letters to Angela Y. Davis / Ruchell Magee -- Angela Y Davis : a politcial biography -- Prison interviews with Angela Y. Davis -- Angela, symbol of resistance / Howard Moore Jr. -- From New York to California: the extradition of Angela Y. Davis / John Abt -- Statement to the Court / Angela Y Davis -- Ruchell and Angela want to represent themselves / Margaret Burnham -- Statement to the Court / Ruchell Magee -- Notes for arguments in Court on the issue of self-representation / Angela Y. Davis -- The political campaign / Fania Davis Jordan, Kendra Alexander, Franklin Alexander -- Statements and appeals

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