Richard Mafundi Lake
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Richard Mafundi Lake, born Richard Lake (1940-2018)[1] was an organizer against police brutality in Alabama who was sentenced to life in prison in 1983.[2][3] He was one of the founders of Inmates for Action.[4][5]
Lake, along with fellow Holman Correctional Facility inmate Johnny Harris led a work strike, which subsequently transformed into a rebellion following the death of a guard.[6][7]
Lake was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1940 and was admitted to the infirmary of Donaldson Correctional Facility where he died on January 21, 2018.[8][7]
References
- ↑ "Race Treaty: Remembering and Honoring Richard Mafundi Lake (1940-2018) – BLACK TALK RADIO NETWORK™". Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ↑ "Freedom Archives Search Engine". search.freedomarchives.org. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ Chestnut, J. (1990). Black in Selma-22.95. Nelson Bibles. pp. 296–300. ISBN 978-5-553-53309-0.
- ↑ "Black August Resistance 2018: Remembering the Inmates for Action". libcom.org. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ↑ Novick, Michael. "Building a Culture and Communities of Solidarity, Resistance and Liberation" (PDF).
- ↑ Perry, Imani (2018-07-01). "As Goes the South, So Goes the Nation: Permitless carry and the new gun-rights extremism". Harper's Magazine. Vol. July 2018. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Perry, Imani (2022-01-25). South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-297738-0.
- ↑ "Vol 1; Issue 2 by la_blackcross - Issuu". Black Cross Bulletin. Vol. 1, no. 2. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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