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 return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave

him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown

into solitary confinement, where he remained for 29 years. In 2001, the

state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free. A story of

inspiration and courage, this simple and humble narrative strips bare the

economic and social injustices inherent in society, while proving to be a

powerful literary testimony to the triumph of the human spirit.