#angola three

[garadinervi]

Pocket-sized blue notebook titled '3 Black Panthers & the Last Slave Plantation' owned by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison [Louisiana State Penitentiary], West Feliciana Parish, LA, n.d. [ca. 2006] [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds, Washington, DC. Cover: © χΣƐ]

↗ International Coalition to Free the Angola 3

[politicalsci]

A reminder that in 2013 a former Black Panther, who served 41 years in solitary confinement, died just days after a US federal judge overturned his conviction for the murder of a prison guard. Herman Wallace was freed after Judge Brian Jackson ruled his 1974 trial had been “unconstitutional” and ordered his immediate release.

Mr Wallace had been part of the Angola Three, who were originally imprisoned for robbery at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola because of its historic links to the African slave trade. The men said they were framed for the killing of a guard because of their membership of the Black Panther party and fight for the civil rights of prisoners.

Robert King, 70, a fellow member of the Angola Three released in 2001 stated: “My reaction is one of sadness for a life wasted. And when I say, wasted, I mean the society he lived in may have considered him a waste, but he helped rewrite history."

[garadinervi]

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation (DVD), (2008, Documentary, 4:3, 109min), Directed by Jimmy O'Halligan, Produced by scott crow and Ann Harkness, Narrated by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Published by PM Press, Ithaca, NY, 2008

↗ International Coalition to Free the Angola 3

[garadinervi]

Appeal handwritten by Herman Wallace, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC), St. Gabriel, LA, 2009 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds, Washington, D.C.]

«In 2009, after his transfer from Angola to the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana, Herman Wallace wrote this appeal to the warden protesting prison mailroom policies that violated his constitutional rights.»

↗ International Coalition to Free the Angola 3

[garadinervi]

Albert 'Shaka Cinque' Woodfox (1947-2022)

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(image: Albert Woodfox, Photograph by © Mark Hartman for «The New Yorker». Plus Albert Woodfox: A ‘Country Boy’ Turned Black Panther Reflects on Life After 45 Years of Solitary Confinement, by Alicia Maule, Innocence Project, February 19, 2021)

[blackyouthproject]

Former Black Panther, Albert Woodfox, Freed From Jail After 43 Years

Former Black Panther, Albert Woodfox, Freed From Jail After 43 Years

A former Black Panther activist who was in solitary confinement for 43 years was freed from a United States prison after years of legal cases trying to prove his innocence. Albert Woodfox was the last one of the “Angola Three” activists to be freed from jail; their case invoked many emotions out of activist groups, but anger was the one that presided the most. (more…)

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[altheaknorka]

Albert Woodfox is gonna be released!! Please please please this needs to be real, please let this be real

[pastdaily]

The Specials - Live at Amsterdam Paradiso 1980 - Past Daily Backstage Weekend

The Specials – Live at Amsterdam Paradiso 1980 – Past Daily Backstage Weekend

The Specials – Ska goes Paradiso in 1980

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– The Specials – live at The Amsterdam Paradiso – January 21, 1980 – VPRO/3VOOR12 Netherlands –

The Specials – live at the legendary Paradiso in Amsterdam this weekend. From a concert recorded by the venerable VPRO on January 21, 1980.

Since it’s…

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