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January 23, 1975: 49 years ago, January 23 1975, Ruchell "Cinque" Magee was sentenced to [...]
49 years ago, January 23 1975, Ruchell “Cinque” Magee was sentenced to life in prison at Santa Clara County Courthouse in San Jose for his role in the 1970 attack on the Marin County Hall of Justice led by Jonathan Jackson. He was the longest-serving political prisoner in America Jackson …
January 23, 1969: 55 years ago, January 22 1969, students at UC Berkeley began a three-month [...]
55 years ago, January 22 1969, students at UC Berkeley began a three-month strike. Led by the Third World Liberation Front, a coalition of Black, Mexican-American, Asian-American, and Native American student groups, the strike led to the creation of the Ethnic Studies Department Berkeley students were inspired by the then-ongoing …
January 22, 1976: 48 years ago, January 22 1976, San Jose police murdered unarmed Chicano [...]
48 years ago, January 22 1976, San Jose police murdered unarmed Chicano 26-year-old Danny Trevino, whom they claimed had pointed a gun at them. Sustained community pressure eventually culminated in the removal of the police chief, but not in the prosecution of the killer cops
January 21, 1972: 52 years ago, Jan 21 1972, 26 inmates at San Quentin State Prison, led by [...]
52 years ago, Jan 21 1972, 26 inmates at San Quentin State Prison, led by the San Quentin 6 (who were being tried for the alleged escape attempt that left George Jackson dead), began a hunger strike, demanding sanitary food and other basic rights, including the freedom to read The …