Assata: An Autobiography Environment " - Ruthie Gilmore

" - Ruthie Gilmore

and others have been arrested in nonviolent protest actions against MTR

National Domestic Workers Alliance

But there are things in the world worth fighting for

and the bravery of one young girl who didn't let being scared get in her way

Assata: An Autobiography Environment " - Ruthie Gilmoreby Assata Shakur Forewords by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds Lawrence Hill Books 1987, paperback SKU: 9781556520747 On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to