James Carr

James Carr, The Black Panthers, & All That

"Jimmy was the baddest motherfucker..." - George Jackson.
Afterword to Bad: the autobiography of James Carr, Pelagian Press, UK, 1995.
A look at the life and times of James Carr and the Black Panthers and their relationship to the prison struggles and wider social movements of the 1960s.

Bad is reviewed here.

Review: Bad: The Autobiography of James Carr

Carr, a gang-member and jail-bird in 1960's California, became deeply politicized while inside but also developed a powerful critique of the nature of prisoners' struggles.

"I've been struggling all my life to get beyond the choice of living on my knees or dying on my feet. It's time we lived on our feet."

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