Solitary, unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement : my story of transformation and hope, Albert Woodfox with Leslie George
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- Black people
- Ex-convicts -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Society & cultures -- Social justice
- Incarcerated persons -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Woodfox, Albert
- Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Solitary confinement
- Autobiographies
- Institutionalized persons -- Louisiana -- Biography
- Imprisoned persons -- Louisiana -- Biography
- BIPOC
- Louisiana State Penitentiary
- African American political activists -- Louisiana -- Biography
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Solitary, unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement : my story of transformation and hope, Albert Woodfox with Leslie George
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eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Solitary
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1084486507
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Albert Woodfox with Leslie George
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unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement : my story of transformation and hope
Summary
Arrested often as a teenager in New Orleans, inspired behind bars in his early twenties to join the Black Panther Party because of its social commitment and code of living, Woodfox was serving a 50-year sentence in Angola for armed robbery when on April 17, 1972, a white guard was killed. Albert and another member of the Panthers were accused of the crime and put in solitary confinement without a shred of actual evidence against them. Released in February 2016, Woodfox turned his anger into activism and resistance. This is his chronicle of rare power and humanity that proves the better spirits of our nature can thrive against any odds. -- adapted from jacket
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