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A review by laurenisallbooked
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
5.0
If there's a syllabus on radical politics, Assata is at the top.
This autobiography covers two timelines: one of Assata's arrest, torture, and imprisonment and one of her childhood through early adulthood. Assata challenged my politics and pushed me to think more deeply about policing and prisons. It pushed me to think even more critically about news coverage and news bias, history books and historical bias. This was not an easy read, but it was incredibly worthwhile and rewarding.
This autobiography covers two timelines: one of Assata's arrest, torture, and imprisonment and one of her childhood through early adulthood. Assata challenged my politics and pushed me to think more deeply about policing and prisons. It pushed me to think even more critically about news coverage and news bias, history books and historical bias. This was not an easy read, but it was incredibly worthwhile and rewarding.