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BPP Memoirs

Rank Title Author Added

1

Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton

358 members

1 review

4.2

Member: emptyw

2

We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party

by Mumia Abu-Jamal

169 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: emptyw

3

Assata: An Autobiography

by Assata Shakur

1,733 members

23 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: emptyw

4

Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins (Black Power)

by Mary Frances Phillips

16 members

Member: emptyw

5

This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party

by David Hilliard

131 members

2 reviews

4

Member: emptyw

6

A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story

by Elaine Brown

506 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: emptyw

7

Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story: Writings by a Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchist

by Kuwasi Balagoon

24 members

1 review

5

Member: emptyw

8

Making Revolution: My Life in the Black Panther Party

by Field Marshal Don Cox

7 members

Member: emptyw

9

Black Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party

by Diane Fujino

38 members

Member: emptyw

10

Revolutionary Suicide

by Huey P. Newton

660 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: emptyw

11

Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival

13 members

Member: emptyw

12

From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King (PM Press)

1 member

Member: emptyw

13

Maroon the Implacable: The Collected Writings of Russell Maroon Shoatz

by Russell Maroon Shoatz

42 members

4

Member: emptyw

14

Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin

by H. Rap Brown

163 members

4 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: emptyw

15

I Am Maroon: The True Story of an American Political Prisoner

by Russell Shoatz

8 members

Member: emptyw

16

All Power To The People

by Nuh Washington

11 members

Member: emptyw

17

Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas

by Emory Douglas

138 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: emptyw

18

My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain

97 members

3.8

Member: emptyw

19

Panther Poems: Poetry of a Sister Panther

by Dr. Regina Jennings

3 members

Member: emptyw

20

Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention

by Jamal Joseph

100 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: emptyw

21

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

by Safiya Bukhari

69 members

1 review

4

Member: emptyw

22

Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

by Albert Woodfox

385 members

14 reviews

4.2

Member: emptyw

23

To Die for the People

by Huey P. Newton

189 members

3.9

Member: emptyw

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February 2025
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