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Assata ShakurAssata: An Autobiography
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1987A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Assata: An Autobiography moves between the years of Assata’s incarceration and her coming of age as a young revolutionary. What effect does this non-linear structure of narration have on one’s understanding of Assata’s trials and imprisonment?
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What were some prejudiced ideas about Black people that Assata grew up believing? How did she come to unlearn these ideas and translate those beliefs to greater social and political struggle?
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What is the role of Assata’s family in Assata’s political development from childhood to adulthood?
