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Blue Rage, Black Redemption:
Memoirs of Stanley
Tookie Williams
On Nov. 13, Stanley Tookie W illiams’ memoiris
coming out in paperback, being reprinted by Simon
& Schuster's Touchstone Division. The book in
cludes a foreword by Tavis Smiley and an epilogue
by Barbara Becnel.
When his Los Angeles neighborhood was threat
ened by gangbangers, Williams co-founded the
Crips, but what began as a form of protection soon
became the largest and most notorious gang in
American history. After a 1981 conviction sent him
to Death Row for over 20 years, he was eventually
executed on Dec. 13,2005.
From his prison cell, Williams became a powerful
anti-gang activist. Blue Rage, Black Redemption is
his story; from a drive-by shooting in South Central
to San Quentin’s Death Row, Williams shines a
light into the darkness.
He strove to end gang violence, creating national
peace protocols, dissuading young people from
joining gangs, and writing books. His legacy has
been continued by such notables as: Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, Snoop Dog, Jessie Jackson, Jamie
Foxx, and countless more.
Williams entered the criminal-justice system a
violent offender, but died an activist, a five-time
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a four-time Nobel
Prize in Literature nominee. His execution garnered
worldwide media attention, sparking a national fo
rum for gang violence, discussing the death penalty
and rehabilitation in jail.
“The opportunity to heal, to create real street
peace, and to make the miracle of good works out of
STANLEY TOOKIE WILLIAMS
CRIPS CO FOUNDER AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINEE
BLUE RAGE,
EP ILO G U E BY B A R B A R A BECNEL
|___FOREWORD BY TAVIS SMILEY ■ j
Stanley Tookie Williams
some terrible pain was squandered with Tookie's
death’’ stated a former leader to a rival gang, “after
reading Tookie’s story you'll understand why so
many people fought so hard to keep Tookie alive.
Peace is possible.”
This insightful look chronicling the life of Stanley
Tookie Williams is an enthralling and emotional
recount of Tookie’s very real and raw narrative of
survival; and the fight for personal and public
redemption.
’Dog’ Apologies for Using N-word
(AP) -- Television bounty
hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman
has apologized for repeatedly
using a racial slur in a profan
ity-laced tirade during a pri
vate phone conversation with
his son that was recorded and
posted online.
C hapm an, star o f A&E's
hit reality series "Dog the
B ounty H u n ter," issu ed a
statem ent apologizing for the
com m ents after The National
Enquirer posted a clip o f the
conversation in which he uses
the N-word six times in refer
ence to his son's girlfriend.
In th e c o n v e rs a tio n .
C h a p m a n s ta te d th a t he
d o esn ’t care that his so n 's
girlfriend is black, but urges
him to break up with her be
cause o f concern about the
girlfriend going public about
the TV star's use o f the N-
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word.
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said, "I did not mean to add yet
another slap in the face to an
entire race o f people who have
brought so many gifts to this
world. I am ashamed o f m y
self and I pledge to do what
ever I can to repair this dam
age I have caused."
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