Half A Century Ago on Dexter Avenue

 

Oct 12, 2024

50 years ago

On Saturday, October 12, 1974---- a group of heavily armed men, later identified as Black Muslims, shot to death a retired city policeman in a bizarre outbreak of violence on Dexter Avenue. Then three members of the group took over radio station WAPX where they exchanged gunfire with police for more than two hours while pleading for “our brothers to come join us in the revolution."

Jimmy Carter (no, not the former President) was a young reporter with a camera at the time...you can watch the film he shot, and hear his commentary HERE.