Assata: An Autobiography Paperback – 1 January 1999

I didn’t know very much about Asiata Shakur and I’m glad I picked this up to read. Her strength and resilience is remarkable and her story is powerful. Reading her story, the retelling of the awful way she was treated and tortured by the police, the unabashed racism of the judges and prosecutors, made my blood boil.

She delves too much into her life as a kid making it tedious and barely mentions how she did get involved in guerrilla, her version about what happened in the shooting, how she escaped to Cuba. I understand she doesn’t want to talk about the most critica aspects of her life because of the implications but missing those parts makes it cherry picking and not entirely honest. There are many biographies of other revolutunaries (A. Davis, f.e.) which are way better in so many ways.

Such a great book. Thoroughly enjoyed reading about Assata’s life from childhood to an adult. Most of us are aware of how much the police and system in America continually oppress minorities. But it will always be an eye opener when it was so overt in the past and how people were treated and how so much people have overcome. I’ve recommended this book to all my friends and want to also buy the hard copy.

Very eye opening book

The book exposes the unjust socio-economic and political system of the USA and how you can be framed by the institutions that are suppose to protect you. I recommand this book to everybody. Some very detail information such as the escape are left out. I gues it was not included to protec certain individual that helped her. The book was written in the late 1980s, so it is understandable that it would have given the FBI a hint.I recommand this book to anybody and especially to women.