From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King [Inscribed]
by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [BLACK PANTHER PARTY] KING, Robert Hillary
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Oakland: PM Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-217,[7]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "4/1/10 - To: Louise...Robert H. King." Crown gently nudged, else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $24.95), with some trivial wear to extremities. Memoir by King (b.1942), who in 1970 was convicted of a crime he did not commit, and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. "He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six by nine foot cell for 29 years as one of the Angola 3. In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free" (from the front flap).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64009
- Title
- From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King [Inscribed]
- Author
- [AFRICAN AMERICANA] [BLACK PANTHER PARTY] KING, Robert Hillary
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Place of Publication
- Oakland
- Date Published
- 2009
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana; Panthers;
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