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Manumission: Liberated Consciousness of a Prison(er) Abolitionist - Softcover

Hamm III, Ralph C

 
9781935656432: Manumission: Liberated Consciousness of a Prison(er) Abolitionist
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1935656430 ISBN 13: 9781935656432
Publisher: Little Red Cell, 2016

Synopsis

Fully revised and edited 2nd edition of "Manumission: The Liberated Consciousness of a Prison(er) Abolitionist" by Ralph C. Hamm III, is a remarkable book. It is not only an exemplar, presented as eight lessons, for teaching black history but more importantly it is a pathway for all people of color to reclaim their own history, liberation and consciousness. Ralph's history is not only one of personal tragedy, criminal injustice, and prison brutality, but the true expression of the human spirit to obtain manumission in its fullest sense. Ralph was one of the founders of the nation's first certified prisoners' union (National Prisoner Rights Association), and one of the driving forces behind the Black Consciousness movement in Massachusetts' prisons (BANTU). With almost 50 years in prison, for a crime committed as a teenager, his leadership and political activism in prison reform has been met with punishment and repeated denials for parole. His struggle for prisoner rights is the articulate voice of a politically conscious prisoner and needs to be heard by everyone.

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About the Author

Ralph Hamm is serving a non capital first offence life sentence for 'intent', stemming from a criminal episode that occurred in 1968- when he was seventeen years old. During his 41 years of imprisonment he has aided in spearheading Massachusetts' prison remorm movement, has earned degrees in liberal arts, divinity, metaphysics, and paralegal; as well as developed into a published poet, playwright, musician, and artist. In 2007 he was acknowledged as a contributor to the book, When the Prisoners Ran Walpole by Jamie Bissonette- a forerunner to Manumission.

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Publisher
Little Red Cell
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1935656430
ISBN 13 
9781935656432
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
230