About Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is an American writer, activist, and Black anarchist. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party and Concerned Citizens for Justice. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, since 2010. Ervin was the first person to receive a life sentence for an aircraft hijacking under U.S. law. Ervin first learned about anarchism while in prison in the late 1970s. While in Cuba, and then Czechoslovakia, Ervin became disillusioned with state socialism. After his release, Ervin returned to Chattanooga, where he became involved with a local civil rights group called Concerned Citizens for Justice, fighting police brutality and the Klan.
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