Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation

HOW ICONIC AUTOBIOGRAPHIES FOUND INCARCERATION PIVOTAL TO THE TRANSITION BETWEEN CIVIL RIGHTS AND BLACK POWER

In the black liberation movement, imprisonment emerged as a key rhetorical, theoretical, and media resource. Imprisoned activists developed tactics and ideology to counter white supremacy. Lisa M. Corrigan underscores how imprisonment--a site for both political and personal transformation--shaped movement leaders by in uencing their political analysis and organizational strategies. ...