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Zezu (Soledad Black August organizer)

Era:1970s
State:California
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Biography

In a first-person retrospective excerpt, Jitu Sadiki names himself, Dadisi Yero, Zaharibu, Jamani and Zezu among prisoners in Soledad’s O-wing secured housing unit who initiated a Black August commemoration in August 1979 after Jeffrey Khatari Gaulden’s death. This documents actual confinement and political organizing, not the basis of the original convictions. No precise admission, release or duration supplied. Source: https://www.jerichony.org/images31/NATIONAL_JERICHO_MOVEMENT_NEWSLETTER-Aug-Oct-2019_Vol-19.pdf#page=42

Case

Soledad State Prison
Charges: Underlying conviction unspecified; Black August political commemoration organized while in Soledad secured housing.
Sentence: Actual Soledad O-wing SHU confinement in August 1979; no custody endpoints or full sentence supplied.
Institution State: California