On 6 October 2011, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University was privileged to host a Q&A session with Robert King, one of the Angola Three.

Robert now tirelessly campaigns and travels to raise awareness of his two former prison comrades Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, now the longest serving prisoners to have lived in solitary confinement (almost forty years in total).

About 120 people attended the talk, many queuing for a long time just to shake Robert's hand, while all the books and DVDs that had been brought along were sold out by the end.

Colleen Moore, Deputy Head of the department and co-organiser of the event, was delighted with the turn out, saying: "Robert King is a truly inspirational man - we were all very privileged to have heard him speak. Thank you to all who came. The questions posed were poignant, and Robert's eloquent answers brought home the enormity of the campaign, as well as the ripples that it is making."

There will also be a showing of the film 'In the Land of the Free' in LAB 027 from 15.00-17.00 on Tuesday 8 November 2011.

For more information on the campaign read the PDF below:

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