"Hermis Live!"

38 YEARS AGO, DEEP IN RURAL LOUISIANA, 3 YOUNG BLACK MEN WERE SILENCED FOR TRYING TO EXPOSE CONTINUED SEGREGATION, SYSTEMATIC CORRUPTION, AND HORRIFIC ABUSE IN THE BIGGEST PRISON IN THE U.S., AN 18,000 ACRE FORMER SLAVE PLANTATION CALLED "ANGOLA." PEACEFUL, NON-VIOLENT PROTEST IN THE FORM OF HUNGER AND WORK STRIKES ORGANIZED BY INMATES CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF LOUISIANA'S ELECTED LEADERS AND THE LOCAL MEDIA IN THE EARLY 1970's. THEY SOON CALLED FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO A HOST OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARILY INHUMANE PRACTICES COMMONPLACE IN WHAT WAS THEN TH "BLOODIEST PRISON IN THE SOUTH." EAGER TO PUT AN END TO OUTSIDE SCRUTINY, PRISON OFFICIALS BEGAN PUNISHING INMATES THEY SAW AS TROUBLEMAKERS. AT THE HEIGHT OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED INSTITUTIONAL CHAOS, "HERMAN WALLACE, ALBERT WOODFOX, AND ROBERT HILLARY KING" WERE CHARGED WITH MURDERS THEY DID NOT COMMIT AND THROWN INTO 6X9 FOOT SOLITARY CELLS. ROBERT WAS RELEASED IN 2001, BUT HERMAN AND ALBERT REMAIN IN SOLITARY, CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM! ROBERT KING IS MY SCHEDULED GUEST FOR TONIGHT'S SHOW. IN ROBERT KING'S WORDS: "EVERYTHING LEGAL IS NOT MORAL, LEGALITY AND MORALITY ARE NOT FRIENDS..." ****THE ABOVE CITED TEXT IS FROM THE WWW.ANGOLA3.ORG WEBSITE**** JOIN US TONIGHT FOR WHAT PROMISES TO BE A SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM ONE OF THE "ANGOLA 3"--ROBERT HILLARY KING