Toward a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for New African/Black Political Prisoners, Prisoners of War and Freedom Fighters

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Notes

1 This article was written in 2010.

2 Mary Russell and Robert Kaiser, “Move to Impeach Young Killed, “Washington Post, July 14, 1978. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/07/14/move-to-impeach-young-killed/05bfd6e1-1189-44d1-bc19-dc23d5add93e/ (June 11, 2022)

3 Issue Forum (Proceedings): “Human Rights in the United States: The Unfinished Story, Current Political Prisoners – Victims of COINTELPRO”, September 14, 2000, https://ratical.org/co-globalize/CynthiaMcKinney/news/if000914HR.htm (June 11, 2022)

4 Watani Tyehimba, discussion with editor (June 13, 2022). Tyehimba served as a paralegal for Dr. Mutulu Shakur.

5 These are questions Dr. Shakur poses to activists in terms of mounting a campaign for a Truth and Reconciliation for political repression during the COINTELPRO era.

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Mutulu Shakur

Dr. Mutulu Shakur is a New Afrikan revolutionary nationalist, anti-imperialist, and doctor of acupuncture. Shakur has been a political prisoner since 1986.