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Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. They arent public so you need the link which you get to hear automatically in the playlist. I personally liked the fact that the book was about assata olugbala shakur both before and after she became a fugitive. An autobiography, describes how she became an activist who was in the middle of a massive racial conflict in the united states. The new york times in 20 assata shakur, founding member of the black liberation army, former black panther and godmother of tupac shakur, became the first ever woman to make the fbis most wanted terrorist list. Whether or not you believe her guilty, the discussions her book invites on race, wealth, the role of government agencies, the zn education and prison systems, drug culture are crucial.
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