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Books by Philip Berrigan
Widen the Prison Gates: Writing from Jails /
Prison Journals of a Priest Revolutionary /
The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence
No More Strangers /
The Eight Beatitudes and Nuclear Resistance /
Disciples and Dissidents
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Widen the
Prison Gates
Writings from Jails
April 1970-September 1972
By Philip Berrigan
Philip Berrigan, fugitive from justice, was
apprehended by the FBI in April 1970 in a parish house in New
York City as he was preparing to address a peace rally at St.
Gregory's Church. He was, along with his brother Daniel, under a
six-year sentence for pouring homemade napalm on draft files in
Catonsville, Maryland, having already served time for pouring
blood on files in Baltimore City.
Daniel eluded the FBI for several months more, but Philip
went straight to jail, and this book tells what he did and saw
in the two and a half years he spent in several prisons.
In Lewisburg Penitentiary he was spied on by an FBI informer,
and on the evidence of letters between him and Sister Elizabeth
McAlister they and five others were charged with conspiracy to
kidnap Henry Kissinger and blow up heating systems in
Washington, DC, as well as draft interference--charges that
carried potential life sentences.
Berrigan was dragged into an unwelcome spotlight and
subjected to innuendos about his personal life and his
relationships. There was the enormous task of preparing a common
defense and then a lengthy trial, which was eventually to
exonerate the defendants. meanwhile, inside, Berrigan joined the
struggle for inmates' rights with strikes and fasts. he fought
both the terrible boredom and helplessness of life in jail and
the various hypocrisies of Church and State. Philip Berrigan
spent these years coming to fresh terms with brother and his
intimate friends, his fellow prisoners, his codefendants--but
most importantly with himself: as a man, as a celibate priest,
as a Christian, as an apostle of nonviolence.
The journals and letters that tell the story of these years
are frank and deeply personal. They commence with the night he
was arrested and end as he and Elizabeth McAlister, now married,
carry on the work of the Movement in Baltimore, where it all
began. behind all the headlines, here is Berrigan
himself--funny, earthy, shrewd, loving, deeply spiritual, tough
as nails, dedicated proponent of nonviolence. And he is here as
a human being who is alternately buoyed, bored, angry, resigned,
bitter, jealous, generous, and hopeful. In this revealing book,
Philip Berrigan holds the mirror up to the terrible
contradictions in all our public and private lives.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1973
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies. As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All
By Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons knows firsthand that
wealth is rooted in much more than the
stock
market. True wealth has more to do with
what's in your heart than what's in your
wallet. Using this knowledge, Simmons
became one of America's shrewdest
entrepreneurs, achieving a level of
success that most investors only dream
about. No matter how much material gain
he accumulated, he never stopped lending
a hand to those less fortunate. In
Super Rich, Simmons uses his rare
blend of spiritual savvy and
street-smart wisdom to offer a new
definition of wealth-and share timeless
principles for developing an unshakable
sense of self that can weather any
financial storm. As Simmons says, "Happy
can make you money, but money can't make
you happy." |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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Ancient African Nations
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