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Tue, 03.28.1972

The Soledad Brothers (Prison Inmates) are Acquitted

Jackson, Dumgo, Cluchette (L to R)

*The two surviving Soledad Brothers were acquitted on this date in 1972. An all-white jury cleared Fleeta Dumgo and John Cluchette of murder charges.

They had been charged with killing a white guard at Soledad Prison in 1970. The third Soledad Brother, George Jackson, was killed in the August 1971 alleged escape attempt.

New Poem Each Day

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Down, down into the fathomless depths, down into the abyss beneath the stone. Down still farther, to the very bottom of the infinite. Where black-eyed peas & greens are stored, where... BLACK IS SOUL by Joseph White.
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