Jamal Joseph
Auteur van Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention
Over de Auteur
Jamal Joseph is currently an associate professor at Columbia University's Graduate Film Division and the artistic director of the New Heritage Theater in Harlem
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- Geslacht
- male
- Relaties
- Joseph Jr., Jamal (son)
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- Werken
- 3
- Leden
- 138
- Populariteit
- #148,171
- Waardering
- 4.2
- Besprekingen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 6
Jamal Joseph's memoir is a straightforward, heartfelt account of his transformative years as a teenager getting involved in the NY Panther chapter and how the revolutionary motives influenced his life, good and ill, long after the party dissolved. Though I found a few inconsistencies in terms of the relation of events and some figures who just seemed to disappear (Noonie, primarily--the last we hear of her occurs just after he's released from his initial imprisonment), I appreciated his candor in revealing the less altruistic motivations along with his noble fights, and for all the good that he's done, he is surely proud of his work but not boastful. To say he is a do-gooder is a gross understatement. I never got the feeling that he was ever stopping to self-congratulate and say, "Hey, look at me and how good I am" as I've seen so many others do. Clearly, the fire lit in him during the 60s never went out (even though sometimes it dimmed), and his concern is to constantly move forward and to exact as much change as possible, which overwhelmed me. His ideals influenced an incredible strength in mature and compassionate conflict resolution effectively used on the streets as well as in prison and enabled him to think creatively in how to direct the energy of his community. His accomplishments humble me and challenge me to examine my own life to see how I can make my world a better place. Highly recommended.… (meer)