All Things Censored
by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noelle Hanrahan (Editor)
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In this set of forceful prison essays and talks, controversial Philadelphia journalist Abu-Jamal attacks the failings of the courts, capital punishment as a discriminatory, racist practice, and other outspoken political analysis. Written with a ball-point pen on Death Row, it dissects the ironies abounding in the US prison system. Mumia Abu-Jamal's composure, humour, and connection to the living world around him, represents an irrefutable victory over the corrections' system that has sought show more for two decades to isolate and silence him.' show lessTags
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Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist & author of two books, "Live from Death Row" & "Death Blossoms", which address prison life from a critical & spiritual perspective. In 1981 he was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists (Philadelphia chapter). His 1982 murder trial & subsequent conviction has raised considerable show more controversy & criticism for alleged constitutional violations & other improprieties. In spite of his almost two-decade long imprisonment on death row, Abu-Jamal has fought for his freedom & for his profession. He holds a BA from Goddard College & an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His books have sold more than 100,000 copies & have been translated into seven languages. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
- DDC/MDS
- 364.66 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Punishment Death penalty
- LCC
- HV8699 .U5 .A32 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections
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- English, French
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- Paper, Audiobook
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