Samuel Wilbert Tucker (June 18, 1913 – October 19, 1990) was an American lawyer and a cooperating attorney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As a founding partner in the Richmond, Virginia firm of Hill, Tucker and Marsh, he is best remembered for one of his several civil rights cases before the Supreme Court of the United States: Green … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Lawyers in the Civil Rights Movement
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Saturday Open Thread: Political Prisoners in the United States
Today's post comes from an article in May of this year about the last political prisoner from Puerto Rico's liberation movements. Puerto Rico’s Longest-Held Political Prisoner Just Walked Out of U.S. Prison Oscar López Rivera was welcomed home by large crowds in the Chicago neighborhood where he once lived. After 36 years as a political prisoner, freed Puerto Rican … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Political Prisoners in the United States
Thursday Open Thread: The Wilmington 10 – Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Today we take a look at the case of The Wilmington Ten. The Wilmington Ten were nine young men and a woman, who were convicted in 1971 in Wilmington, North Carolina of arson and conspiracy, and served nearly a decade in jail. The case became an international cause célèbre, in which many critics of the city's actions characterized the activists as political … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The Wilmington 10 – Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Wednesday Open Thread: Forgotten Panthers – Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Happy Wednesday POU! Today's entry in our political prisoners profiles has an interesting twist. Veronza Bowers would have been granted parole but an intervention by a member of the Bush Administration revoked the parole and he has remained in prison despite being a model prisoner. First, the background: On September 15, 1973, Veronza Bowers, Jr. was arrested in Mill … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Forgotten Panthers – Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Tuesday Open Thread: Forgotten Panthers – Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Good Mornng POU! We continue our look at former members of the Black Panther Party that are serving decades long prison sentences for crimes they more than likely did not commit. Today's entry is taken from a 2016 article in the Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska). After 45 years in prison, question remains: Cop killer or political prisoner? Each year, fewer people alive … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Forgotten Panthers – Political Prisoners in the U.S.