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FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP: A BOOK TALK WITH BLACK PANTHER ROBERT HILLARY KING

By "Persian Cowboy"

Thursday, October 8th, 8pm, MonkeyWrench Books (110 E. North Loop)Former Black Panther and Angola 3 political prisoner Robert Hillary King speaks on his new book "From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King." In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully 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...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).