title: Tough Love: Cultural Criticism & Familial Observations on the life and death of Tupac Shakur (Black Words Series)
author:  Michael Datcher 
description: "It is important to put Tupac's death in context... And this collection of essays and poetry does just that. The writers have succeeded in allowing light to come thought very dark clouds." -- <i>Rap Pages</i>
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  The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders
  
  
  U.S. Intelligence’s Murderous Targeting
  
  
  of Tupac, MLK, Malcolm, Panthers, Hendrix,
  
  
  Marley, Rappers & Linked Ethnic Leftists
  
  
  by
  
  
  John Potash
  
  
  Foreword by Pam Africa
  
  
  with Mumia Abu-Jamal
  
  
  Afterword by Fred Hampton, Jr.
  
  
  Progressive Left Press Baltimore, MD
  
  
  Copyright 2007 © by John Potash
  
  
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  Potash, John
  
  
  The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders: U.S. Intelligence’s Murderous
  Targeting of MLK, Malcolm, Panthers, Hendrix, Marley, Ra