By Stefan ChristoffThe HourJune 25, 2009 U.S. political prisoner Robert Hillary King tells his arresting tale in From the Bottom…
From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King
A Hard-Won Freedom: From the Bottom of the Heap
By Mel MotelWIN Magazine I had the honor of spending some time with the only freed member of the Angola…
A Black Panther’s Fight for Freedom Behind Bars
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Book Review: From the Bottom of the Heap: Youth Justice
By Janet JamiesonYouth Justice 2012 Given the wide array of subject matter, this is a rich text that offers the…
From the Bottom of the Heap in Publishers Weekly
Publishers WeeklyDecember 2012 King has led a remarkable life: a hardscrabble childhood in and around New Orleans, a troubled adolescence,…
Southern Injustice: Herman Wallace dies
By James Ridgeway and Jean CasellaMother Jones MagazineDecember 29th, 2009 Convicted of murder in a deeply flawed trial, Herman Wallace…
37 years of solitary confinement: the Angola three
By Erwin JamesThe GuardianWednesday 10 March 2010 In 1972, three men in a Louisiana prison were placed in solitary confinement…
A wrong that must be righted: behind the bars of Angola
The London Evening StandardMarch 10, 2010 Bordered on three sides by the Mississippi River, the Louisiana State Penitentiary is the…
Civil Rights Campaigner to Get Honorary Degree
by Gareth McPhersonCambridge NewsOctober 1, 2012 A civil rights campaigner who spent thirty-one years locked up in a notorious American prison…
Solitary Confinement: Punishment Or Cruelty?
All Things Considered, NPRMarch 10th, 2013 A hallway at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. The prison, opened in 1829 and…