03 Aug Book Party Event Robert King & Albert Woodfox

44 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000 acre former slave plantation called Angola. Peaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work strikes organized by inmates caught the attention of Louisiana’s elected leaders and local media in the early 1970s. They soon called for investigations into a host of unconstitutional and extraordinarily inhumane practices commonplace in what was then the “bloodiest prison in the South.” Eager to put an end to outside scrutiny, prison officials began punishing inmates they saw as troublemakers. At the height of this unprecedented institutional chaos, Albert Woodfox, Herman Wallace, and Robert King were charged with murders they did not commit and thrown into 6×9 foot solitary cells, where they remained for decades. Their struggle for justice continued until Robert was released in 2001, Herman in 2013, and Albert in 2016.

Hosted By 1199 Activist, National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party,
International Committee to Free the Angola 3, & Black Panther Commemoration Committee NY
RSVP: blkpanthercommemcomite@gmail.com

Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center
310 W 43rd St. NYC
Monday August 8th 2016 6PM -9PM
with Robert King & Albert Woodfox Freed Panther Political Prisoners
Event Endorsed by  the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC)