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Russell Maroon Shoatz: Discussion of New Book

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Date:
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Tony
Location Details:
East Side Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd, Oakland, CA

Russell Maroon Shoatz is a political prisoner who has been held unjustly for over
thirty years, including two decades in solitary confinement. He was active as a leader
in the Black Liberation Movement in Philadelphia, both above and underground. His
successful escapes from maximum-security prisons earned him the title “Maroon.”
This is the first published collection of his written works.

FEATURING:

THERESA SHOATZ
Daughter of Maroon Shoatz

QUINCY SAUL
Co-editor of the Book

SANYIKA BRYANT
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

KAMAU WALTON
Critical Resistance

MUTUAL AID PROJECT
Tracy Hui and Marshall Trammell

ERIKA VIVIANNA CESPEDES and Youth Speaks Poets

Sponsored by: Critical Resistance, Eastside Arts Alliance, Freedom Archives, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, All of Us or None, PM Press
Added to the calendar on Wed, Apr 17, 2013 9:21AM
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