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Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir

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A gripping story of private revolution By way of a person who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, writer, and antigang activist

Whilst his L.A. group used to be threatened By way of gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a loved one shaped the Crips, However what started as coverage changed into worse than the unique gangs. From fatal side road fights with their opponents to force-By way of shootings and stealing vehicles, the Crips’ affect — and Tookie’s recognition — started to unfold throughout L.A. Quickly he used to be incessantly underneath police surveillance, and, because of this, used to be arrested steadily, regardless that at all times launched for the reason that fees didn’t stick. However in 1981, Tookie used to be convicted of murdering 4 other folks and used to be despatched to demise row at San Quentin in Marin County, California.

Tookie maintained his innocence and started to paintings in earnest to stop others from following his trail. Whether or not he used to be developing national peace protocols, discouraging youth from becoming a member of gangs, or writing books, Tookie labored tirelessly for the remainder of his lifestyles to finish gang violence. Even after his demise, his legacy maintains, supported By way of such people as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Snoop Dogg, Jesse Jackson, and plenty of extra.

This posthumous variation of Blue Rage, Black Redemption includes a foreword By way of Tavis Smiley and an epilogue By way of Barbara Becnel, which main points no longer handiest the affect of Tookie’s activism but additionally her eyewitness account of his December 2005 execution, and the inquest that adopted.

By way of turns horrifying and enlightening, Blue Rage, Black Redemption is a testomony to the energy of the human spirit and a useful lesson in how rage will also be was redemption.

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