As we gear up for our first zoom conversation on Monday, August 28, we wanted to delve deeper into radicalization, one of the key themes. In Assata: An Autobiography, she charts her personal journey of becoming radicalized. Her earliest reflections show the experiences and influences that shaped her imagination and laid the foundation for her worldview. Very early on, she was curious and questioned what she saw around her; eventually beginning a process of rejecting what she had been taught or subconsciously accepted as truth. She began interrogating her beliefs and the dominant culture that informed everything from her upbringing, education, and self-identity.