Biography
Ortez Alderson was a Black gay-liberation and anti-Vietnam War activist. A 2006 historical account identifies him as one of the Pontiac Four, convicted in 1970 of breaking into an Illinois draft board and destroying draft records, and reports that he spent one year in prison. Quoting his 1972 Motive interview, the article describes his organizing against discrimination in prison and segregation after a proposed June 28, 1971 Gay Day celebration. The exact prison admission and release dates are not established.
Portrait: exact rectangular crop from the individually captioned photograph, original PDF page 10. Photographer not credited. Source: https://www.workers.org/pdf/2006/ww100506.pdf#page=10. Historical educational identification; no open-license or permission claim.
Ortez Alderson was a Black gay-liberation and anti-Vietnam War activist. A 2006 historical account identifies him as one of the Pontiac Four, convicted in 1970 of breaking into an Illinois draft board and destroying draft records, and reports that he spent one year in prison. Quoting his 1972 Motive interview, the article describes his organizing against discrimination in prison and segregation after a proposed June 28, 1971 Gay Day celebration. The exact prison admission and release dates are not established.
Historical custody record; exact admission and release dates are unknown.
