Section 3 - Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War
Kamau Sadiki Nyeusi Jami
Kamau and his daughter, Ksisay Torres Photo Credit:jerichony.org
Kamau Sadiki, who was born under the name Freddie Hilton, is a humanitarian and a devoted father. In 1969, at the age of 17, he joined the Jamaica, Queens branch of the Black Panther Party. He spent his days working in the Free Breakfast Program, and he spent his evenings selling the Black Panther newspaper, doing organizing work for tenants with slumlords, and attending political education classes. In 1971, he joined the underground component of the Black Liberation Movement. In October 1973, he was captured and indicted in connection with an alleged Bronx bank robbery from September 1972. One of the other people on trial for this was Assata Shakur. Assata and Kamau refused to go along with the charade of a trial and they spent the long days of court proceedings locked up in a room adjacent to the courtroom, by order of the judge. During this process, they fell in love and conceived a child, Kamau’s second daughter. Kamau was held in captivity for five years during the 1970s. After he got out on parole, he legally changed his name to Kamau Sadiki, got a job, and put his entire focus on supporting his family and practicing his Muslim faith. He was out of the public eye until he got arrested in 2002. Kamau was accused of murdering Atlanta Police Officer James Green on November 3, 1971.
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