Ed was one of Omaha 2 convicted of killing a police officer in 1971 but they maintain their innocence.  They believe they were targeted because they were members of the Black Panther Party.

A letter from Ed was presented at the first Peace and Justice Banquet at UL on the 14th of April 2007.  KBOO volunteer Sahar Sepahdari read the letter on KBOO's special on Political Prisoners in the USA.

Nov. 25, 2004 The Kansas City Star: MARK MORRIS  

"A 61-year-old peace activist was sentenced to fifty one months in prison Wednesday for threatening federal officials and pouring red paint and cranberry juice on a federal courthouse security station."

Since this statement was written, Merle Austin Africa joined the ancestors. She died in prison, March 13, 1998.

MAY 13, 1985 BOMBING AND FIRE - Lt. Frank Powell prepares to drop the Bomb on innocent human beings! The Bomb - A Bomb that Killed - Murdered Women, Men and Children! 

Janet Hollaway Africa is a member of the "back to nature group" MOVE.

She and others were imprisoned with others who were accused of a 1978 Philadelphia police murder.

The forensics expert at the later MOVE Commission would absolve MOVE from any murder charges as the bullet was fired into the back of the officers head, away from the house.

30 miles from the nearest town, hidden in the Louisiana hills, traveling along a long twisting road at a dead end you will find Angola, a former plantation now a prison the size of  Manhattan which is unlike any other known at this point in time.

On 10/04/2002 Patrice  Lumumba Ford was arrested along with 3 other suspects of the Portland Seven in Portland, Oregon. He was accused of traveling overseas in a conspiracy to wage war against the United States, provide material support and resources to Al Qaeda and contribute services to Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

On 12/02/2003 Patrice  Lumumba Ford was sentenced, in a plea bargain, to 18 years imprisonment. 

an interview with Ashanti Alston, co-chair of the Jericho movement, which works to free all political prisoners in the USA.

The Case of the Angola 3

Some 36 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called Angola.

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a renowned journalist from Philadelphia who has been inprisoned since 1981.  

What the Corporate Media Didn’t Tell You about May 13, 1985!