Four Black Revolutionary Brothers Take the Choice of “Revolutionary Suicide”, and set Another Revolutionary Example for Black People

This article discusses the actions of four black men who took five white people hostage during a court trial in 1970. At the time, three of the men were serving prison sentences & claimed that their actions were a revolutionary attempt to attain their freedom. Knowing the situation might lead to their own deaths, they described themselves as engaged in an act of ‘revolutionay suicide.’ Their definition of this action is discussed.