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Solitary
The unbelievable true story of Albert Woodfox, a man who spent forty-three years in solitary confinement in a Louisiana jail for a crime he didn’t commit
Summary of Albert Woodfox's Solitary
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 When I was 11, my father was forced to retire from the Navy after 25 years, and we moved to La Grange, North Carolina. My father began drinking heavily, and he took his rage and frustration out on my mother. We never knew when he was going to explode in anger and bitterness. #2 I lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my mother and two brothers after my father died. We lived in the Sixth Ward, which was a black neighborhood. We played stickball in the street, and every house had a side alley lined by a fence. #3 My mom was a prostitute, and she worked to provide for us. She wanted us to have a better life than she had, but sometimes our need to survive poverty got in the way. #4 I never believed in God, but I always considered myself to be spiritual. For me, spirituality is a feeling of connection beyond yourself. I was always on my own, until I was 12 when my baby brother was born.
From the Bottom of the Heap
In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six-by-nine-foot cell for 29 years as one of the Angola 3. In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free. This is his story. It begins at the beginning: born black, born poor, born in Louisiana in 1942, King journeyed to Chicago ...
Panthers in the Hole
"The real-life story of the Angola 3: three Americans kept in solitary confinement over a century between them, in the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola,"--page [4] of cover.
Life Sentences
Drawing on their award-winning reporting for the Louisiana State Penitentiary's uncensored newsmagazine, The Angolite, Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg present the stark reality of life behind bars and the human, political, and fiscal costs of our long-running war on crime.
Why Religion?
Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions. These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable loss—the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves a personal story with the work that she loves, illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most importantly, how to get through the most difficult challenges we face. Drawing upon the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as her own research, Pagels opens unexpected ways of understanding persistent religious aspects of our culture. A provocative and deeply moving account from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience.
