Autobiographies and Memoirs of Note

[blackstone]

I thought it'd be interesting to begin a collection of memoirs and autobiographies of persons that greatly influenced the liberation movement and struggles . I will begin by suggesting my two personal favorites. I'm eager to hear yours!


Black Liberation
:: Assata Shakur - Assata: An Autobiography ::
:: Malcolm X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X ::

[coda]

ny personal favorite from the extraordinarily ordinary irish comrade, Bobby Sands-One Day in My Life & Writings from Prison
http://www.bobbysands.com/

[blackstone]

How can i forget Fredrick Douglass!?

[UndergroundConnexion]

yes the malcolm x one is amazing, one of my favourite books.

Apart from that i didnt like eldrigde soul on ice that much , if that qualifies at least.

Is Assata's book nice read ?

Also Trotsky 's autobio, despite flaws , appears to be a good read.

And one of the most famous, Anne Frank's diaries!

[blackstone]

I didn't read all of Soul of Ice but i didn't like it much as well, not too eager to pick it back up.

I really suggest Assata's book. I'm not too big of a fan of autobiographies because i tend to compare them all to Malcolm's and so they all tend to fall short in my eyes. But Assata really gave you a firsthand look into just how brutal, racist and oppressive the State is.

[UndergroundConnexion]

yes the autobiography of Malcolm X is an amazing book, well balanced between life story and poltical thoughts.
I agree with you on soul on ice, perhaps the fact that i read a shitty translated edition from the 30's also have to do with it , the first pages I found rather interesting, however after a while there was stuff said which I coudlnt take really serious. Eldridge Cleaver is also a rather remarkable person I have to say. And not always in a positive way.

Im going to order Asata's book soon I hope. Pretty soon I hope to start reading etiher Trotsky's My Life or Mandela's long way to freedom.

[blackstone]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14, 2007 02:42 pm
yes the autobiography of Malcolm X is an amazing book, well balanced between life story and poltical thoughts.
I agree with you on soul on ice, perhaps the fact that i read a shitty translated edition from the 30's also have to do with it , the first pages I found rather interesting, however after a while there was stuff said which I coudlnt take really serious. Eldridge Cleaver is also a rather remarkable person I have to say. And not always in a positive way.

Im going to order Asata's book soon I hope. Pretty soon I hope to start reading etiher Trotsky's My Life or Mandela's long way to freedom.
The 30's? This book is from the 60's.

[UndergroundConnexion]

my mistake :D
mistyped or something. didnt marcus garvey wrote an autobiography awell ?

I also recently saw a "autobiography" of martin luther king, made up of personal notes and such? is it any quality?