The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left Behind Feminism and Women's Studies SKU: 9780439895293

SKU: 9780439895293

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The War Before: The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left Behind Feminism and Women's Studies SKU: 9780439895293by Safiya Bukhari Edited by Laura Whitehorn Feminist Press 2010, paperback SKU: 9781558616103 In 1968, Safiya Bukhari witnessed an NYPD officer harassing a Black Panther for selling the organization's newspaper on a Harlem street corner. The young pre med student felt compelled to intervene in defense of the Panther's First Amendment right; she ended up handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police car. The War Before traces Bukhari's lifelong