If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance

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If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance is a landmark 1971 collection of essays and writings on political imprisonment, racism, and radical activism, edited by Angela Davis and featuring contributions from various civil rights and leftist figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
essay collection
non-fiction book
aimsTo encourage radical political organizing
expose racism in the U.S. legal system
mobilize support for political prisoners
alternativeTitle If They Come in the Morning
associatedWithIdeology Black radicalism
Marxism
anti-imperialism
associatedWithMovement Black liberation movement
prison abolition movement
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
editor Angela Davis
focusesOn political prisoners in the United States
racist criminal justice system
solidarity with prisoners
state repression
genre political non-fiction
radical literature
hasContributor Angela Davis
Black Panther Party
surface form: Black Panther Party members

Bobby Seale
Ericka Huggins
Mumia Abu-Jamal
surface form: George Jackson

Huey P. Newton
Ruchell Magee
The Soledad Brothers
hasForm essays
letters
speeches
hasTheme resistance
revolutionary struggle
solidarity
historicalContext Black Power movement
post–civil rights era United States
language English
mainSubject Black liberation
civil rights movement
political imprisonment
prison abolition
racism
radical activism
notableFor articulating a radical critique of prisons in the early 1970s
collecting writings by political prisoners and activists
publicationYear 1971
title If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance self-link

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Angela Davis notableWork If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance
If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance title If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance self-link