Kenny Zulu Whitmore: political prisoner. Zulu has been in Louisiana State Prison, Angola, LA since March 14, 1977. He had been in jail since 1975. After threats and torture if he did not plead guilty, an unfair trial and the use of false information, Zulu was in '77 sentenced to life + 99 years for the 1973 murder of the former mayor of a small town, in which he had no part whatsoever
Kenny Zulu Whitmore
86468 - D/HAWK - 4L
LA State Prison
Angola, LA 70712
USA
Herbert Parnell, who produced the stage play about the Angola 3 - in which Zulu also plays a role - meets Albert and Zulu for the first time in Angola, LA on the 13th of December 2009 (click on photos to enlarge).
Robert Hillary King, a member of the Angola 3, was released from prison in 2001 after serving 29 years in solitary confinement, when his conviction was overturned after many years of legal battles....
Robert Hillary King, a member of the Angola 3, was released from prison in 2001 after serving 29 years in solitary confinement, when his conviction was overturned after many years of legal battles. The other two members of the Angola 3, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, both remain imprisoned today. In 2008, King released his autobiography, entitled From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Robert Hillary King. His autobiography won the 2008 PASS Award, and has been reviewed by SF Bay View, Black Commentator, Hour, Alternet, Political Media Review, La Presse, Albany Times Union, and The Times-Picayune
Dr. Terry Kupers, M.D., M.S.P. wrote the introduction to From the Bottom of the Heap and is Institute Professor at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Dr. Kupers is a psychiatrist with a background in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensics and social and community psychiatry. His forensic psychiatry experience includes testimony in several large class action litigations concerning jail and prison conditions, sexual abuse, and the quality of mental health services inside correctional facilities. He is a consultant to Human Rights Watch, and author of the 1999 book entitled Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It.
King and Kupers were interviewed in Oakland, California in October, 2009, when King was in town for Black Panther History Month. This video is only part one, so please stay tuned for more!
Herman's House: 40 years in Solitary Confinement: plz go see the movie and help support/free Herman, Albert, Zulu and all those others suffering torture
