“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?”
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.
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.
Where: Latchis 4 (Corner of Main & Flat Streets in downtown Brattleboro)
(Entrance to left of main theater door)
When: Tuesday, April 7 - 6:00 p.m.
Where: Latchis 4 (Corner of Main & Flat Streets in downtown Brattleboro)
(Entrance to left of main theater door)
When: Tuesday, April 7 - 6:00 p.m.
$2 - $20 sliding scale
(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Refreshments will be served.
(no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Refreshments will be served.