Nearly forty years in solitary confinement in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell for 23 hours a day for a crime he did not commit, Albert Woodfox survived and emerged with his humanity and sense of hope for the future intact.

Includes index.

In the beginning -- 1960s. The High Steppers ; Car chase ; Angola, 1960s ; Prison days ; Parole and back again ; Stickup artist ; Tony's Green Room ; Escape -- 1970s. Meeting the Black Panther Party ; What is the Party? ; NYC prison riot ; Hostages ; Angola, 1971 ; Herman Wallace ; April 17, 1972 ; CCR ; King arrives ; CCR wars ; My trial, 1973 ; Herrnan's trial, 1974 ; King is set up ; Gary Tyler 1 ; Food slots ; My greatest achievement ; Strip search battle -- 1980s. "I got you" ; Sick call ; The shakedown and the sham of the reclass board ; Comrades ; Contact visit ; Maturity -- 1990s. Justice delayed is justice denied ; My greatest loss ; Preparing for my trial ; Amite City ; The crusaders ; My trial, 1998 ; Back to Angola -- 2000-2010. We stand together ; Hidden evidence ; King leaves the belly of the beast ; Torture at Camp J ; Cruel and unusual ; "Are you still sane?" ; 2008 ; Never apart -- 2011-2016. Torture ; Forty years ; Man of steel ; The ends of justice ; Theories ; The struggles continues ; A plea for freedom, not justice.