FWD from Dave Ranney on Chokwe

Thanks very much, Dave.  You've been in some significant doings yourself.  I 
have known of some, of course,
and am glad to learn of these otherrs -- Chicago Indian education, Chokwe. 
etc.  Best, H


>I met Chokwe when I worked on a campaign to defend inmates of Pontiac
> prison in Illinois. They were charged with 1st degree murder after a
> prison guard was killed during a prison uprising. The state indicted every
> black man who was considered to be a leader in the prison. Pontiac was a
> white racist prison industry town. Chokwe successfully argued for a change
> of venue to Chicago and then with a team of pro bono lawyers and some
> support people like me, the charges were successfully dismissed. He was a
> really good lawyer.
>
> At the time he considered himself a revolutionary nationalist and
> advocated black rule for a region of the South. He was vice president of
> the Republic of New Africa, an organization dedicated to that cause.
>
> Dave Ranney
>
> On Wed, February 26, 2014 7:28 am, Hunter Gray wrote:
>> I learned of this yesterday afternoon.  Chokwe Lumumba was a radical -- a
>> practical radical who focused on tangible things in the context of an
>> altruistic vision.  He had already accomplished much even before he 
>> became
>> mayor of Jackson, MIssissippi, last July -- and was poised to accomplish
>> much more.
>>
>> The fight goes on.
>>
>> Here are two links:  One is America Al Jazeera and the other is an
>> excellent interview with Chokwe -- published last spring in Against the
>> Current/Solidarity.
>>
>>
>> http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/2/25/jackson-mayor-chokwelumumbadiesat66.html
>>
>> http://solidarity-us.org/site/node/3839
>>
>> We will Keep Fighting.
>>
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>>
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