Green Found Not Guilty 

Legendary activist Percy Green was found not guilty today on charges of resisting arrest stemming from a November 2003 incident in which Green was forcibly removed from a public meeting of the St. Louis Board of Education.

Judge James Walls cleared Green after hearing testimony on his behalf from school board member William Purdy, Teachers’ Union VPs Byron Clemons and Beth Faust.

More about Percy Green:

Wash U’s American Lives Project (Interview #1, Interview #2)
Library of Congress: Voices of Civil Rights
CUTV: A St. Louis Legend Comes Under Attack

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