Bettina Aptheker: 2 books
Intimate Politics
How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
At eight years old, Bettina Aptheker watched her family's politics play out in countless living rooms across the country when her father, historian and U.S. Communist Party leader Herbert Aptheker, testified on television in front of the House on Un-American Activities Committee in 1953. Born into...
The Morning Breaks
The Trial of Angela Davis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On August 7, 1970, a revolt by Black prisoners in a Marin County courthouse stunned the nation. In its aftermath, Angela Davis, an African American activist-scholar who had campaigned vigorously for prisoners' rights, was placed on the FBI's "ten most wanted list." Captured in New York City two months...