Thanks to Tatiana McInnis for sharing this image! It reminds me of what Angela Davis wrote about her time in the House of Detention for women in NY: Chants thundered on the outside. One, two, three, four, the House of D. has got to go! Free our Sisters, Free Ourselves, and other political chants that were popular at the time. After a while, we decided to try out our chants. It was far easier for us to be heard through the windows by the people outside than it was for us to be heard by ourselves, separated as we were by the thick concrete walls dividing the cells. Although our slogans may not have been transmitted in the most harmonious style, we managed to get our message across: Free the Soledad Brothers, Free Erika, Free Bobby, Long Live Jonathan Jackson. While the chants of Free Angela filled me with excitement, I was concerned that an overabundance of such chants might set me apart from the rest of my sisters. I shouted one by one the names of all the sisters on the floor participating in the demonstration. I shouted one by one the names of all the sisters on the floor participating in the demonstration. “Free Vernell! Free Helen! Free Joan! Free Laura! Free Minnie!” I was hoarse for the next week.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 03:16:18 +0000
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