Live from Death Row

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Live from Death Row is a collection of essays by journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, written while on death row and examining the U.S. criminal justice system, racism, and prison life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
essay collection
associatedWithMovement Black liberation movement NERFINISHED
prison abolition movement
author Mumia Abu-Jamal NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes conditions on death row
life of prisoners in the United States
racial bias in sentencing
genre essays
non-fiction
political literature
prison literature
hasForm hardcover
paperback
hasPerspective first-person
hasReception controversial
influential in prison studies
hasTheme human rights
political repression
resistance
state violence
systemic racism
language English
mainSubject Black liberation struggle
U.S. criminal justice system
death row
mass incarceration
police brutality
political prisoners
prison life
racism
mediaType print
notableFor critique of the U.S. criminal justice system
first major book by Mumia Abu-Jamal
politicalOrientation anti-racist
radical
publicationYear 1995
publisher Addison-Wesley NERFINISHED
setting Pennsylvania prison system
death row in Pennsylvania
targetAudience activists
general readership
scholars of criminal justice
writtenBy Mumia Abu-Jamal NERFINISHED
writtenDuring Mumia Abu-Jamal's incarceration on death row

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Mumia Abu-Jamal notableWork Live from Death Row