The Window 2 My Soul
My Transformation from a Zone 8 Thug to a Father & Freedom Fighter, a political memoir
4th ed.
[Yusef Shakur].
Published
2009
by
Urban Guerrrilla Pub.
in
Detroit, MI
.
Written in English.
About the Book
By the time Yusef was a teenager, he was a gangbanger in Detroit's Zone 8, ruthless, heartless, and hopeless. Incarcerated as a teenager for a crime he did not commit, Yusef met the father he never knew behind bars. The man who had never been there for him was now helping him learn and grow - not into a hardened criminal, but a responsible adult. After serving nine years, Yusef returned to his community and is continuing his service as a father, freedom fighter, and activist.
Not since the Autobiography of Malcolm X has there been a literary artwork that provides Black America with a manual for re-building the minds of Black males...Window 2 My Soul is the most dynamic, compelling, thought-provoking story of the 21st Century.
First Sentence
My birth was the same as millions of Black youth in Amerikkka: a debate between an expecting Black mother and her relatives as to whether or not the child she was carrying should be born in the first place.
Table of Contents
| article | Living For Change by Grace Lee Boggs | v |
| author's statement | For The People | vii |
| New Forward by Professor Carl S. Taylor | ix | |
| Preface by Tonya Allen | xii | |
| Introduction by Comrad Shaka Senghor | xvii | |
| 1 | The Genesis: My Upbringing | 1 |
| 2 | The Foundation: A Zone 8 State Of Mind pt. 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Dear Mama | 43 |
| 4 | The 2nd Comin': A Zone 8 State Of Mind pt. 2 | 55 |
| 5 | 223605 | 70 |
| 6 | Father Like Son | 98 |
| 7 | Revolutionaries Like Muslims: "Education 2 Liberate" | 119 |
| 8 | Revolutionaries, Thugs, Gang Bangers, & Muslims: "Comin' of Age" | 135 |
| 9 | Death Comes Knocking | 164 |
| 10 | A Souljah Is Only As Strong As He Pushes Himself & As Weak As He Allows Himself 2 Be | 182 |
| 11 | They Can Keep The Lion Caged But The Cub Must Go Free | 194 |
| epilogue | "Words of Wisdom" by Ahjamu Baruti | 202 |
| Afterword by Malik Yakini | 211 | |
| bonus chapter | "Gettin' Out & Stayin' Out" by Comrad Bunchy | 214 |
Edition Notes
Genre |
Biography. |
Other Titles |
Window to my soul |
Classifications
Library of Congress |
E185.86 .S43 2008 |
The Physical Object
Pagination |
vii, 242 p. ; |
Number of pages |
242 |
ID Numbers
Open Library |
OL19065533M |
ISBN 13 |
9781604611335 |
LC Control Number |
2008923594 |
OCLC/WorldCat |
243683322 |
Goodreads |
7154951
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