“Why don’t you live for the People? Why don’t you struggle for the People? Why don’t you die for the People?”
- Fred Hampton Sr.
August 30, 1948-December 4, 1969
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Today in History: On June 4, 1972, radical activist, Angela Davis, was acquitted on charges of conspiracy, murder and kidnapping. She was arrested two years earlier in connection to a shooting that occurred in a courthouse in San Raphael, CA. She was accused as supplying weapons to Jonathan Jackson, who open fired in a courtroom to free prisoners. Davis was placed on the FBI’s most wanted list. Public support favored Davis’ acquittal. This included songs by John Lennon and the Rolling Stones.
