From the Bottom of the Heap
Subtitle: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Format: ebook
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781604867916
Description: Expanded and updated with new photographs and stories, this autobiography of one of the Angola Three traces the life of Robert Hillary King from his early days in Louisiana, through a troubled adolescence, a conviction that kept him behind bars for decades, his relationship with the Black Panther Party, and his eventual release from prison. In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In.