On this day, 13 October 1970, legendary Black communist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in New York City, aged 26. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in August in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Notorious FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had listed Davis on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List, and with her arrest President Richard Nixon congratulated the FBI on its “capture of the dangerous terrorist.” In a sensational trial, Davis was subsequently acquitted of all charges.
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