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Photo: Dennis Banks, Fidel Castro, Alice Walker, Ramsey Clark, Havana, April 1993. Credit Gloria La Riva
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General and renowned international human rights attorney who stood against U.S. military aggression worldwide, died peacefully April 9 at his home in New York City, surrounded by close family. He was 93 years old.
As a pre-teen growing up in Albuquerque, I certainly knew his name and that he was attorney general. I could not imagine then that we would become friends, that I would have the honor of working with him and learning what a great humanitarian Ramsey Clark was.
all the different emotions leading up to this particular moment rekindled to come out. looking out there and seeing ben chaney, james s little brother, i lost it. i totally just are lost it. don t bow down anymore. hold your are heads up. we want our freedom now. i don t want to have are to go to another memorial. i m tired of funerals. tired of it. joining me now is stanley nelson, the emmy award winning director and producer of the pbs freedom summer documentary. he also produced the acclaimed films, the murder of emmett till