| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: LIFE, POLITICS, THE REVOLUTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER 1: HOW DID WE MEET? -- CHAPTER 2: MARSHALL EDWARD CONWAY-LOOK, THEY GOT OUR STUFF -- CHAPTER 3: WILLIAM PAUL COATES: "MY DEEPEST FEELING IS FAMILY" -- CHAPTER 4: EDDIE CONWAY: HOW THE ARMY HAPPENED -- CHAPTER 5: PAUL COATES: I BECAME, TO MYSELF, BLACK -- CHAPTER 6: CRAZY AS THE WORLD IS CRAZY -- PART II -- CHAPTER 7: THEY USED OUR PEOPLE TO KILL OUR PEOPLE -- CHAPTER 8: GIVE US THAT MAN! -- CHAPTER 9: WE'RE COOL, AND FUCK WHAT THEY SAY -- CHAPTER 10: LIFE PLUS THIRTY YEARS -- PART III |
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CHAPTER 11: PAUL AND EDDIE AND THEN THE WORLD -- CHAPTER 12: ARE YOU STILL A REVOLUTIONARY? -- CHAPTER 13: THAT NEXT CHAPTER: A RETROSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER 14: NO ANGELS OF HISTORY COMING TO SAVE US -- AFTERWORD: INSIDE EDDIE CONWAY'S STORY IS SO MUCH BLACK HISTORY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY TEN POINT PROGRAM -- GLOSSARY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- BACK COVER |
| Summary |
In 1971, Eddie Conway, Lieutenant of Security for the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party, was convicted of murdering a police officer and sentenced to life plus thirty years behind bars. Paul Coates was a community worker at the time and didn't know Eddie well ' the little he knew, he didn't much like. But Paul was dead certain that Eddie's charges were bogus. He vowed never to leave Eddie ' and in so doing, changed the course of both their lives. For over forty-three years, as he raised a family and started a business, Paul visited Eddie in prison, often taking his kids with him. He and Eddie shared their lives and worked together on dozens of legal campaigns in hopes of gaining Eddie's release. Paul's founding of the Black Classic Press in 1978 was originally a way to get books to Eddie in prison. When, in 2014, Eddie finally walked out onto the streets of Baltimore, Paul Coates was there to greet him. Today, these two men remain rock-solid comrades and friends ' each, the other's chosen brother.When Eddie and Paul met in the Baltimore Panther Party, they were in their early twenties. They are now into their seventies. This book is a record of their lives and their relationship, told in their own voices. Paul and Eddie talk about their individual stories, their work, their politics, and their immeasurable bond |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 08, 2020) |
| Subject |
Conway, Marshall, 1946-
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Coates, Paul
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Conway, Marshall, 1946- |
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Black Panther Party.
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Black Panther Party |
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False imprisonment -- Maryland -- Baltimore
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
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False imprisonment
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Maryland -- Baltimore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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Recorded Books, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781642592016 |
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1642592013 |
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