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Panther baby, a life of rebellion and reinvention, by Jamal Joseph

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Panther baby, a life of rebellion and reinvention, by Jamal Joseph
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Panther baby
Oclc number
712124018
Responsibility statement
by Jamal Joseph
Sub title
a life of rebellion and reinvention
Summary
In the 1960s he exhorted Columbia students to burn the university to the ground. Today he's chair of their film division. Jamal Joseph's personal odyssey--from the streets of Harlem to Leavenworth to the halls of Columbia--is as gripping as it is inspiring. Eddie Joseph was a high school honor student, slated to graduate early. But this was the late 1960s in Bronx's ghetto, and Eddie was introduced to the Black Panther Party, just gaining a national foothold. By sixteen, his devotion to the cause landed him in prison, charged with conspiracy as one of the Panther 21. When exonerated, Eddie--now called Jamal--became the youngest spokesperson and leader of the Panthers' New York chapter. Later, during more than twelve years in Leavenworth, he earned two degrees and found a new calling. In raw, powerful prose, Joseph helps us understand what it meant to be a soldier inside the militant Black Panther movement.--From publisher description
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