collection [...] on the revolutionary struggle of black prisoners against the repressive machinery of prisons and the court system". The Sun-Reporters Gwen Evans praised it for "brilliant statements on the right of self-representation and lucid political analysis". Loyle Hairston of New York Amsterdam News highlighted contributor Ruchell Magee—who was involved in the Marin County Civic Center attacks—as "the most moving personality in the book". Hairston also lauded the "depth of [Davis'] humanity, the force of her eloquence [and] the fierceness of her integrity". The British writer Benjamin Zephaniah wrote that the book was an influence on him as a teenager. Though he found the book difficult to follow, he said that "Angela Davis taught me that I did not have to tolerate the racism that I was suffering in the playground [...] I was not alone", adding that "it was in this book that I first came across the word 'Solidarity', then I realised the importance of working together". References 1971 non-fiction books Books about African-American history Books by Angela Davis Memoirs of imprisonment Works about American prisons