Join us for a screening of Eyes on the Prize: A Nation of Law (1968-1971)
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Q. & A. to follow with:
Robert J. Boyle, criminal defense attorney
Eddie Conway, former political prisoner and leader of the Baltimore MD Black Panther Party
Tyrone Larkins, Attica Brother present in D yard during the rebellion
Daniel L. Meyers, criminal defense attorney
Part 12 of this remarkable series covers the 1969 murder of Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and the 1971 Attica State Prison uprising and massacre.
About the panelists:
Robert J. Boyle has been a solo practitioner for most of his career specializing in criminal defense, civil rights and habeas corpus cases. Much of his political/legal work has been devoted to working for the release of political prisoners in United States jails, particularly those who were targeted many years ago by the FBI's counterintelligence program known as COINTELPRO. In 1990 he and other NLG lawyers won the release of former Black Panther Party (BPP) leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad who was imprisoned for 19 years and in 2014 he won freedom for BPP leader Marshall Eddie Conway who had been incarcerated for 44 years. Bob has been an NLG member since 1977 and has served intermittently on the NLG-NYC's Executive Committee.
Eddie Conway joined the Baltimore, MD chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1969 and shortly thereafter became one of its leaders. In April 1970, he was arrested while performing his job at the Post Office. He was charged with the murder and attempted murder of two Baltimore police officers. Eddie was convicted and sentenced to life. In March 2014, after a lengthy political and legal struggle, his conviction was overturned and he was freed. He currently works as a correspondent for the Real News and is involved in several community based projects.
Daniel L. Meyers is a retired Criminal Defense/Civil Rights Attorney. In 1967 he began practicing law and since 1968 has been a member of the NYC-NLG Chapter. From 1974-2001, he was an attorney member of the Attica Brothers legal team who sued Gov. Rockefeller and other state officials for the barbaric consequences of the 1971 Attica Massacre. Danny is a past president of the Chapter.