BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, renowned for its natural beauty, historical heritage, and diverse cultural traditions, also holds a distinguished position in the promotion and development of Urdu language and literature. In this region, Urdu non-fiction literature has undergone remarkable growth during different periods. Literary genres such as biography, autobiography, character sketches, travel writing, …

Reference · Wikidata

scientific article published in 1995

Book · DOAB

This volume is the first English translation of 'Vita di Pietro Giannone scritta da lui medesimo', a powerful autobiographical account penned under the direst conditions—by a man persecuted, imprisoned, and ultimately destroyed by the Inquisition. Written on scraps of paper during his long incarceration, Giannone’s 'Vita' is a masterpiece of Enlightenment literature, detailing the meteoric rise of a most eminent eig…

Full text · Open Library

On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (previously known as JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations …

Image · DPLA

Issue 17.3 of the Review for Religious, 1958.