Autobiography As Activism: Three Black Women of the Sixties

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Summary: An important exploration of activists & biographical writing
Review: College-level students of black history will find this an important study of women and activism, providing a portrait of three black women of the sixties (Angela Davis, Assata Shakur and Elaine Brown) who were the only activists to have published book-length autobiographies. Her study of their books provides an important exploration of activists and biographical writing.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: Margo Perkins does a pretty good job at showing her readers the activism with in each of the political autobiographies (Davis, Shakur and Brown). She gives the historical as well as the political situations that sparks these black radicals to write their stories in order that they might set the record straight and speak out against what the government and regular citizens have said about them that was not true (well, not Brown). All though Dr. Perkins' book was good in that it educated her readers, I felt as though she spent a little too much time telling us that Brown fabricated her stories and distorted her facts. I thought that chapter could have been condensed. But other than that it was a good book. You'll definitely walk away much smarter!