The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison, and Fighting for Those Left Behind by Wonda Jones, Safiya Bukhari, Laura Whitehorn

The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison, and Fighting for Those Left Behind

Wonda Jones, Safiya Bukhari, Laura Whitehorn with Angela Y. Davis (Contributor)

320 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir race informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
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In 1968, Safiya Bukhari witnessed an NYPD officer harassing a Black Panther for selling the organization’s newspaper on a Harlem street corner. The young pre-med student felt compelled to intervene in defense of the Panther’s First Amendment right...

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Moods

inspiring 100%
reflective 100%
informative 83%
emotional 66%
hopeful 50%
tense 50%
dark 33%
sad 33%
challenging 16%

Pace

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slow 33%
medium 16%

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