On the Death of Two Revolutionaries
1978. The Proletarian Unity League. An 8 page mimeographed publication celebrating the life of these two lesser known Black freedom fighters who died in prison with days of each other. Scarce.
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (5 December 1924 – 27 February 1978) was a prominent South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), serving as the first president of the organization.
Fred Ahmed Evans was the leader of the Glenville Uprising. It was a gun battle that occurred on the night of July 23–24, 1968, in the Glenville section of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Gunfire was exchanged for roughly four hours between the Cleveland Police Department and the Black Nationalists of New Libya, a Black Power group. who engaged in a bloody shootout with police leaving seven dead and 15 wounded. Four days of rioting in Glenville followed. He died in prison February 25, 1978.
