'The pebble that he threw in the pond became a ripple, became a wave. And so, this will carry him on into eternity,' said fellow Angola Three Black Panther Robert King in reaction to Albert Woodfox's death. 'He won't be forgotten.'
"The pebble that he threw in the pond became a ripple, became a wave. And so, this will carry him on into eternity," said fellow Angola Three Black Panther Robert King."He won't be forgotten."Albert Woodfox, a wrongfully imprisoned Black Panther activist who spent his 43 years in solitary confinement uplifting himself and others before finally being freed in 2019, died Thursday of complications from Covid-19 at age 75.
"Our cells were meant to be death chambers but we turned them into schools, into debate halls," Woodfoxafter his release in 2019."We used the time to develop the tools that we needed to survive, to be part of society and humanity, rather than becoming bitter and angry and consumed by a thirst for revenge."
Woodfox always maintained his innocence, claiming he was wrongfully punished for Miller's murder because of his political activism.For four decades, Woodfox would spend 23 hours a day alone in a 6-by-9 foot cell. He read Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Nelson Mandela and inspired other inmates to read and fight for their rights.'s Amy Goodman in a Friday interview."And we decided that we could add our little pebble to the pond. And so, Albert...
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