"Huey P. Newton's Family: Roots of a Revolutionary Suicide" by Lise Pearlman is an extraordinary and comprehensive...seminal, exhaustive, and groundbreaking biography,...an unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library African American Biography/Memoir collections and supplemental African-American History curriculum studies lists...for the personal reading lists of students, academia, political activists, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.”
- Excerpt of critique by James Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review
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"I enjoyed reading about the trial. The defense attorney built the case in ways I didn't expect. The main subject testified on his own behalf...I admired how Melvin backed Huey up at the birthday party even though he thought Huey went too far....and rate the book four out of five stars.”
- Excerpt of OnlineBookClub.org review BY aYODELE sHEBA
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" NON-FICTION MUST READ 2017 " - CONTEMPOBOOK-
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" FINALIST- US HISTORY " -
2017 International book awards
" The definitive book on the Newton trial. "
- D. Lowell Jensen, Newton Prosecutor
"Retired Judge Lise Pearlman once again brings us a fascinating history of the Oakland Black Panther movement and the trial of Huey Newton. "
-Sheila Corman, Reference
Librarian, Alameda County Law
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" The book is a true page-turner. "
-BARBARA BABCOCK, author & Professor emerita, Stanford law
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" [A] much needed examination of how the U.S. judicial system destabilized freedom movements and failed its citizens-
events which burn a clear line leading to the present. "
-Assena Fairuz, Contributor, AS IT OUGHT TO BE - SEE FULL REVIEW HERE
" This book deserves to be read more than once...and should probably become assigned reading for any African American History class or African American Studies in the classroom...an intensely interesting read. "
-BOOKLOVER29, AMazon Reviewer -
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" WINNER- LAW " - 2013 International book awards
" FINALIST- US HISTORY " - 2013 International book awards
" SILVER WINNER-MULTICULTURALISM " - 2013 IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKlin awards
" This thorough text stands apart ... It deserves a place on the shelf of anyone interested in legal studies, the radical social movements of the 1960s, or African-American studies. ”
- Alyssa Vincent, The Library Journal Vol. 137, Issue 3, p.116, Feb. 15, 2012
“Racism is ingrained in America’s birth, and it has been a long fight against it
ever since. [F]ormer Judge Lise Pearlman argues that this court case...allowed America to eventually elect its first non-white president. [A] fascinating look at this very important case of the twentieth century. ”
- James A Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review - Wisconsin Bookwatch, March 2012
“ What a phenomenal book! [A]n essential resource...for engaging...students in exploring key social questions of the past century. ”