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<p>The Malcolm X Memorial Foundation will host a Black August
commemoration in Omaha on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Malcolm X
Center. The theme of the event will be America’s Imprisoned Human
Rights Activists and will feature the <a
href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/omaha-two-1/articles"
class="inline_link">Omaha Two</a>, <a
href="http://www.examiner.com/article/prison-interview-with-ed-poindexter-on-cointelpro-and-the-omaha-police">Ed
Poindexter</a> and <a
href="http://www.examiner.com/article/prison-interview-with-mondo-we-langa-on-cointelpro-and-omaha-two-case">Mondo
we Langa</a> (formerly David Rice). </p>
<p>Black August is a nationwide series of events recognizing the
political imprisonment of activists in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The
Malcolm X Memorial Foundation has held five prior Black August events.</p>
<p>The <a
href="http://www.crimemagazine.com/j-edgar-hoover-and-framing-omaha-two"
rel="nofollow">Omaha Two</a> were leaders of the Nebraska affiliate of
the Black Panthers in 1970 and were targeted by J. Edgar Hoover’s
infamous <a
href="http://www.examiner.com/article/anti-cointelpro-demonstration-at-nebraska-state-capitol-for-the-omaha-two">COINTELPRO</a>
operation. Hoover headed the Federal Bureau of Investigation and
secretly directed a clandestine war on political dissidents that did
not meet his favor. Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa were convicted for
the murder of an Omaha policeman after Hoover ordered laboratory
evidence withheld.</p>
<p>The Black August event will feature screening of three films. <em><a
href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/cointelpro" class="inline_link">COINTELPRO</a>
101</em> is a documentary produced by Freedom Archives and offers an
overview of COINTELPRO’s attack on American citizens particularly the
Black Panthers, Hoover’s most despised group. <em>Black August</em> is
a feature film on George Jackson, the Soledad Brothers, and the
prosecution of Angela Davis. <em>Prisons on Fire</em> is a documentary
on 1971 prison uprisings at Attica and San Quentin.</p>
<p>The Jericho Movement will present an exhibit of photos and
biographies of 49 persons incarcerated beginning in the 1960’s who lost
their freedom after clashes with police.</p>
<p>Tariq Al-Amin, head of Nebraskans for Justice and former Omaha
policeman, will discuss the plight of the Omaha Two and how they did
not receive a fair trial because of COINTELPRO interference with the
police investigation.</p>
<p>Historian Tekla Ajbala will provide additional details on the
compromised murder investigation that shifted the case from the
confessed killer to the targeted Panther leaders. </p>
<p>Earlier this summer the Omaha City Council voted against hearing new
evidence about the identity of one of the killers of policeman <a
href="http://www.examiner.com/article/omaha-patrolman-larry-minard-killed-ambush-bombing-after-911-call">Larry
MInard, Sr</a>. The August 17, 1970 bombing murder of Minard was blamed
on the Omaha Two and the confessed bomber, Duane Peak, was allowed to
escape a murder charge in exchange for implicating the two Panther
leaders.</p>
<p>Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa are in their 42nd year of life
sentences at the maximum-security Nebraska State Penitentiary. Both men
continue to deny any role in MInard’s death.</p>
<p><strong>More information on the <a
href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/omaha-two-story/articles">Omaha Two</a></strong></p>
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