Her name was Bariki Hall Shabazz, but I knew her as “Maestra,” my music teacher. Her community knew her as “Sister Bariki” or “Mama Bariki,” a Black woman who, as the old saying goes, was…

This poem is called “Moving Mountains.” I am this mountain. Can you see me? See me? See me? See me? I’ve seen mountains move for agesMy eyes scanning through the rocky brown and dark green peaks…

Hey, what’s up y’all? This is Antoine Walker, Number KG7791, calling now out of SCI Pine Grove. I want y’all to know me as in Indy though, but the main reason that I’m calling tonight…

Peace, this is KnowledgeBorn calling from CSP Solano. I’m coming from the dark side of the [unclear], you know what I’m saying, and letting y’all know that I send a message to the warden. Warden…

Greetings. This is Faluch Bigsby, author of “God Uses Gangsters.” How you guys doing out there, citizens? Well, I have successfully been transferred to Toledo correctional unit. My new address is PO Box, 80033, Toledo,…

Julian Assange finally goes home. Julian Assange of the online news agency known as Wikileaks had to wonder if this day would ever come, for he faced not only the enmity of governments including, of…

A Philly boy, a Philly band, and Maze makes magic. Frankie Beverly is his name, and Maze became his band, and together they made beautiful and magical music that flowed through cookouts, family reunions, and…

The proposed political frame up of leaders and supporters of the African Peoples Socialist Party, perhaps best known as the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida, has ended with a federal jury rejecting the government’s…

from Beneath The Mountain: An Anti Prison Reader edited by Jennifer Black and Mumia Abu-Jamal