“Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system . . . His writings are dangerous.”—The Village VoiceIn Jailhouse Lawyers, award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have learned to use the court system to represent other prisoners—many uneducated or illiterate—and, in some cases, to win their freedom. In Abu-Jamal’s words, “This is the story of law learned, not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but] in the bowels of the slave-ship, in the dank dungeons of America.”Includes an introduction by Angela Y. Davis.Mumia Abu-Jamal’s books include Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms.
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Stories of prisoners who learn law to represent and sometimes win freedom for fellow prisoners
" . . . [E]xpert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system . . . His writings are dangerous."—Village Voice"Brilliant in its specificity and imperative, [his] work is about why multitudes of people don't overcome. It rings so true because he has not overcome."—LA Weekly"The power of his voice is rooted in his defiance of those determined to silence him. Magically, Mumia's words are clarified, purified by the toxic strata of resistance they must penetrate to reach us."—John E. Wideman
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Direct Mail: 6000 postcards mailed to Noelle Hanarahan's Prison Radio Project Organizational outreach: We'll connect with prisoner's rights groups and legal associations to promote the book. Radio: Arranging for an audio excerpt of Mumia reading from this book to be aired on over 100 independent/community radio stations. Will pursue an interview with Democracy Now, as well as with shows on the Pacifica Network, Air America, and elsewhere. Print: Village Voice, LA Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, Progressive, Z Magazine, The Nation, In These Times, and elsewhere. Publishers Weekly & Booklist & Library Journal consistently give Mumia's books great reviews. Web: Promote book on freemumia.com, prisonradio.org, abu-jamal-news.com, mumia.org, z-net Academic: Consider sending to sociology conferences.
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ISBN
9780872864696
Publisert
2009-04-16
Utgiver
Vendor
City Lights Books
Vekt
326 gr
Høyde
205 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
280

Forfatter
Introduction by

Biographical note

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist and former Black Panther Party member, whose books include Live From Death Row, Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience, All Things Censored, We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party and Faith of Our Fathers. He has been living on death row in a Pennsylvania prison since 1982.

Internationally renowned public speaker, author, activist, scholar and symbol of 1970s black power, Angela Davis was the third woman to appear on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list and has authored eight books.