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On this day February 28, 1972

Angela Davis's trial opens in San Jose

Angela Davis
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Angela Davis was a philosophy teacher and Communist activist who helped organize the defense of the Soledad Brothers, three Black prisoners charged with killing a guard. In August 1970, prosecutors ch...
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Charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy over the Marin County courthouse raid — guns registered in her name were used — Davis had spent 16 months in jail, much of it in solitary, while an international "Free Angela" campaign grew. Her trial before an all-white jury opened in San Jose on this day.

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