Biography
William was one of the "Harlem Six" — Black teenagers arrested in May 1964 and charged with the murder of clothing-store owner Margit Sugar, 12 days after the April 17, 1964 "Little Fruit Stand Riot" police-beating disturbance in Harlem. The case became a landmark frame-up exposé: independent journalists documented that the confessions were coerced by NYPD detectives. James Baldwin published "A Report from Occupied Territory" defending the six in 1966.
Portrait: the Militant, July 14, 1972, printed page 19 (PDF page 23), explicitly identifies William Craig as the middle of three separately bounded Harlem Four portraits. This is an unretouched crop; photographer uncredited. Source.
The Militant identifies the court officials for the proceedings described in this report: judge: Joseph R. Martinis (1972 proceedings). These entries refer to those proceedings, rather than every earlier stage of the prosecution. Source.
