4/11: Black Panther and Former Prisoner Robert Hillary King to Speak

“I was born in the U.S.A. Born black, born poor. Is it then any wonder that I have spent most of my life in prison?” --Robert Hillary King

Come hear Robert Hillary King’s powerful story & learn about the campaign to free his Angola 3 comrades Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, who are still serving life sentences despite much evidence of their innocence.

What: Robert Hillary King, Black Panther and former member of the Angola 3

When: Saturday, April 11, Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Where: First Universalist Church of Rochester, 150 S. Clinton Ave.

Free and Open to the public

**Special Event**
Special Free Pre-Event Dinner at 6pm
For anyone who has ever been incarcerated and guest.
Chicken, Greens, Rice & Beans, Dessert
Call to sign up for dinner no later than April 9:
317-2367 or 615-1626

**Endorsements/Tabling**

Want to endorse this event or table from 6:30-7pm? Contact Ted at Knight0440@yahoo.com

In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King (formerly known as Robert King Wilkerson) of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. While locked inside Louisiana’s notorious Angola State Penitentiary, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation, he became a member of the Black Panther Party, organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six-by-nine foot cell for 29 years as one of "the Angola 3."

In 2001, the state of Louisiana grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free.