Description of the book blue rage, black redemption. A memoir, by stanley tookie williams damamli publishing company, 2004, 373 pp. Blue rage, black redemption book by stanley tookie williams. Ever since tookie was a child he has been in trouble and it has carried over in the most of his life. Shop amongst our popular books, including 4, blue rage, black redemption, life in prison and more from stanley tookie williams. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. Blue rage, black redemption williams cofounded the crips in his l.
Williams spent his teenage years in what he calls a blue rage of maladjustment, rising in the ranks of the rapidly emerging crips gang. The book has two parts to it blue rage, which was his early days of him being. This posthumous edition of blue rage, black redemption features a foreword by tavis smiley and an epilogue by barbara becnel, which details not only the influence of tookies activism but also her eyewitness account of his december 2005 execution, and the inquest that followed. Blue rage, black redemption by stanley tookie williams may 1, 2012 mr. After his days as a crip, williams was nominated for the nobel peace prize for his antigang efforts.
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Smiley has authored several bestselling books, including the covenant and. Blue rage, black redemption by williams, stanley tookie. One gateway to the criminal schoolyard, he writes in a moment that will resonate with those who follow the headlines. A 1981 conviction sent him to death row, where he was executed in 2005. Williams, stanley tookie, smiley, tavis, becnel, barbara. Williams was a man who turned his mistakes into lessons not just for himself but others that have faced similar difficulties in life.
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