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Death blossoms : reflections from a prisoner of conscience / Mumia Abu-Jamal ; foreword by Cornel West ; preface by Julia Wright.

by Abu-Jamal, Mumia.

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City Lights Books, 2020.

364.66092 A165d

Abu-Jamal, Mumia.

Death row inmates -- United States -- Biography.

Prisoners, Black -- Biography.

Prisoners' writings, American -- Black authors.

Prisoners' writings, American.

Open media book.

9780872867970 (pbk.)

xl, 207 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been imprisoned since 1982 for the killing of a police officer, a crime he steadfastly maintained he did not commit. In 1996, after serving more than a decade on death row, and with the likelihood of execution looming, he began receiving regular visits from members of the Bruderhof spiritual community, a group of refugees from Hitler's Germany. Inspired by these encounters, Mumia began to write a series of personal essays reflecting on his search for spiritual meaning within a society plagued by materialism, hypocrisy, and violence. "Many people say it is insane to resist the system," writes Mumia, "but actually it is insane not to." This expanded edition of Death Blossoms brings a classic, influential work back into print with a new introduction by Mumia, and includes the entire text of a groundbreaking report by Amnesty International detailing the legal improprieties and chronic injustices that marred his trial."--Back cover.

Wright, Julia, 1942-

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