Documentary on the trial and verdict of the two surviving Soledad brothers. John Clutchette and Fleeta Drumgo, the two surviving Soledad Brothers (George Jackson was killed at San Quentin in August, 1971), were found not guilty on March 27, 1972. Clutchette and Drumgo were on trial for an assault and murder of a Soledad prison guard. The program includes a retrospective documentary of the trial, the circumstances behind the trial, and the political implications for all concerned. The piece opens with a quote from Judge S. Lee Vavuris, who proceeded over the trial, and comments from juror John Callahan, defense attorneys Floyd Silliman and Richard Silver, Berkeley attorney Elaine Wender, Clutchette’s mother Doris Maxwell, Drumgo’s mother Inez Williams, Superintendent of Soledad Prison CJ Fitzharris, public defender Phrasel Shelton. Narrated by Bill Northwood.
The end of the Soledad Brothers trial
PRA Archive #:
BC0669
Date Recorded On:
1972-03-27 and later
Date Broadcast On:
KPFA, 1972-05-01.
Item Duration:
50 min. : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Total Duration (All Reels):
Station: KPFA
View Folio: KPFA Folio, May 1972, p.8
Program: The end of the Soledad Brothers trial
Contributors:
Commentator: Richard Silver
Commentator: Floyd Silliman
Commentator: S. Lee Vavuris
Commentator: Elaine Wender
Commentator: CJ Fitzharris
Commentator: Phrasel Shelton
Commentator: John Callahan
Commentator: Doris Maxwell
Commentator: Inez Williams
Narrator: Bill Northwood
Asset Type: Program
Distributor: Distributor
Rights Summary:
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