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Eddie Page

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Months
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Camp Pendleton 14
Eddie Page

Biography

A Black Marine private, the Pendleton 14 defendant given the harshest sentence after an August 1977 court-martial (two years plus bad-conduct discharge), in a case that drew national protest. The Black Panther Vol. 18 no.6 (1978) reports he was released after five months and his sentence reduced.

Photo: Pendleton 14 Defense Committee, reproduced by John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (1977), Freedom Archives, page 19. Original-image crop; identified by the source (Eddie Page, behind Gregory Coffee). Source: https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC37_scans/37.SmashKlanPressPkt1977.pdf.pdf . Non-free image used at low resolution under this site's educational/memorial fair-use rationale; not an open-license or permission claim.

Case

Camp Pendleton
Charges: Military charges ('Camp Pendleton 14')
Sentenced: 1977
Incarcerated: August 1977
Released: January 1978
Sentence: Two years and a bad-conduct discharge; sentence subsequently reduced.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California