We are not surprised that Malik Rahim is being hailed as one of the heroes of Hurricane Katrina. In 1997, Malik rediscovered information on our case and made it his mission to bring attention to the plight that Albert, King, myself and so many other Louisiana prisoners have endured in being unfairly convicted and sentenced. The Angola 3 went from obscurity to international recognition thanks to Malik’s efforts.
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Albert Woodfox,
Angola 3,
Black Panther Party,
CCR (“Closed Cell Restricted”),
Common Ground Collective,
Common Ground Relief,
Emmett Till,
Herman Wallace,
Hurricane Katrina,
life sentence,
life-without-parole sentences,
Loubertha Johnson,
Malik Rahim,
prison industrial complex,
Robert King,
slave syndicate
An 18,000-acre complex that still resembles the slave plantation it once was, Angola Prison is where Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 has served nearly all of his time in solitary confinement – 36 years, 2 months and 24 days.
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16-hour workdays,
Albert Woodfox,
Amnesty International,
Angola 3,
Angola Warden Murray Henderson,
Anne Butler,
Billy Wayne Sinclair,
Black Panther Party,
Black Pantherism,
bloodiest prison in America,
bloodstained shirt,
Bobby Jindal,
Brent Miller,
Burl Cain,
butler,
Center for Equal Justice,
Chester Jackson,
Chris Aberle,
Christian redemption,
Christine Noland,
egregious prosecutorial misconduct,
freemen,
fresh fishes,
George Kendall,
Herman Wallace,
Hezekiah Brown,
homemade knife,
house boys,
hunger strike,
inmate-guard system,
James Ridgeway,
John Sinquefield,
Joseph Richey,
Kyle Duncan,
Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell Jr.,
Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola,
Mississippi River delta,
Nick Trenticosta,
racial segregation,
Rep. John Conyers,
Robert King,
sexual enslavement,
slave plantation,
solitary confinement,
Thorazine,
trustees,
Warden Murray Henderson
Be sure to listen to the archived Wanda’s Picks Radio for Feb. 11, when the guests are Cynthia McKinney in the first hour and Guy Patrice Lumumba and Lisa F. Jackson, director of the film, “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,” in the second. Extraordinary radio! Superb mix of arts and politics!
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Albert Woodfox,
Angela Davis,
Angola 3,
Athol Fugard,
August Wilson,
Ave Montague,
Black Repertory Group Theatre,
C Kelly Wright,
Cassandra Henderson,
city funded construction,
construction industry,
Cynthia McKinney,
Desley Brooks,
Donald Lacy,
Friends of the Congo,
Gerald Smith,
Guy Patrice Lumumba,
Harry Bridges,
Hosea L. Simmons,
Huey P. Newton,
ILWU Local 10,
Isaura Oliveira,
Jack Hirschman,
L. Peter Callendar,
Laura Morache,
Lloyd Roberson II,
Local Hire Ordinance,
Maafa or Black Holocaust,
Martina Davis-Correia,
Muadi Mukenge,
Mumia Abu Jamal,
Ntozake Shange,
Oakland Community School,
Paul Robeson,
Pierre Labossiere,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
Rev. Cecil Williams,
Richard Brown,
Rickey Vincent,
Robert R. Bryan,
Sean Vaughn Scott,
Tayo Aluko,
The Lumpen,
Tony Spires,
Troy Davis,
Wanda Sabir
The torture of prisoners in U.S. custody is not only found in military prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo. If President Obama is serious about ending U.S. support for torture, he can start here in Louisiana.
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20th Judicial District Judge George H. Ware Jr.,
A.C. Thompson,
Albert Woodfox,
Angola Prison,
Angola Warden Burl Cain,
Black Panthers,
Eighth Amendment rights,
Fourth Amendment rights,
Herman Wallace,
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell,
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola,
President Obama,
torture,
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace are about to begin their 37th year in the dungeon of the old slave plantation, Angola. A crucifixion. Where is the public outrage that will resurrect them?
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Angola Prison,
Barack Obama,
Black Panthers,
Bobby Jindal,
Brent Miller,
Buddy Caldwell,
Burl Cain,
C. Murray Henderson,
Christmas,
Civil Rights,
Herman Wallace,
Hezekiah Brown,
Holiday Season,
James Brady,
Louisiana,
Politics News,
Prison Stories,
Warden Frank Blackburn
I recall listening to a recording of Albert Woodfox describing how it felt after 15 years or something crazy long like that to finally get a contact visit from his mom and feel her hug. Now, after nearly 36 years in solitary confinement, Woodfox could soon be released on bail.
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Albert Woodfox,
Angola 3,
Angola State Prison,
Black Panther,
Congressman John Conyers,
Herman Wallace,
Jim Crow,
Robert H. King,
U.S. District Court Judge James Brady,
Wanda Sabir,
Warden Burl Cain
Dropped in to see the McCoy Tyner Trio with Marc Ribot on guitar. Tyner is always a treat and this ensemble featuring Gerald Cannon on bass and Eric Kamau Gravett on drums is phenomenal!
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"Quality of Life",
"Sincerella",
"Victim of Duty",
Albert Woodfox,
Avotcja,
Donald Lacy,
Eugene Ionesco,
Felicia Benefield,
Gail Shaw,
Geronimo ji jaga,
Goapele,
Herman Wallace,
Malik Rahim,
Marcus Shelby,
McCoy Tyner Trio,
Nas,
Nicolas Bearde,
Robert King,
Sila and AfroFunk,
Toni Morrison,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda's Picks,
Zion I
Robert King takes us on a lyrical journey “From the Bottom of the Heap” to the depths of a darkness so dense flashlights can’t pierce the intangible conscience or sensibility of a nation or a people who would subject another citizen to what King describes in his autobiography as a normal state of affairs for Black men.
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Albert Woodfox,
Angola 3,
Angola State Prison,
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense,
Black Panther Robert Hillary King,
Freelines,
Gilbert Montegut,
Herman Wallace,
Last Slave Plantation,
New Orleans Parish Prison,
Robert King,
Robert King Wilkerson,
Terry Kupers,
Wanda Sabir
I think I’m still in shock. Imagine, 200 years after chattel slavery was legally abolished in the United States, we have a Black man elected to this nation’s highest office: Barack Hussein Obama, president elect, this nation’s 44th president as of Jan. 20, 2009.
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African Drum and Dance Festival,
Ajuana Black,
Albert Woodfox,
Alkebulan Books,
Angola 3,
Angry Black White Boy,
Ausar Auset Society West Coast Chapter,
Barack Hussein Obama,
Benjamin Ahmad,
Delroy Lindo,
DJ Smoky,
Flow: For Love of Water,
Geronimo ji jaga,
Joe Turner's Come and Gone,
Joyce Gordon Gallery,
Little Nairobi aka East Palo Alto,
Nation of Islam,
New Orleans,
Oakland Museum of California,
Ousseynou Kouyate,
Robert King,
Runoko Rashidi,
San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival,
Sean San Jose,
Wanda Sabir,
White House,
Winona LaDuke
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