All day fundraiser and benefit concert featuring Professor Griff, C-Rayz Walz, Rebel Diaz, Pam Africa,…
NOV 09: Dhoruba bin Wahad fundraiser
DHORUBA BIN WAHAD FUNDRAISER
On Saturday, November 9, 2024, Pam Africa and Gabriel Bryant, among others participated in a fundraiser for Dhoruba bin Wahad at Philadelphia’s One Arts Center. Over $4000 was raised for his health care and other needs at the event.
A former Black Panther Party leader and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), Wahad was convicted in 1973 for his alleged role in the 1971 attempted murder of two NYPD officers in Harlem. He was a political prisoner for 19 years.
In 1975, evidence emerged that he was a target of the FBI’s COINTELPRO program, which targeted many Black radical leaders and others across the US. Hundreds of thousands of COINTELPRO documents proving Wahad had been framed were produced during litigation on his behalf while he was in prison.
Wahad’s unjust conviction was finally overturned in 1990 by the New York Supreme Court when it emerged that the prosecution in his case had hidden exculpatory evidence that could have helped his defense at trial.
You can watch the event at:
UNICORN RIOT video of the event
You can contribute further to this cause at:
GOFUNDME for Dhoruba bin Wahad
