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1944- . US left-wing activist for black
rights, prominent in the student movement of
the 1960s. In 1970 she went into hiding after
being accused of supplying guns used in the
murder of a judge who had been seized as a
hostage in an attempt to secure the release
of three black convicts. She was captured,
tried, and acquitted. At the University of
California she studied under Herbert Marcuse,
and was assistant professor of philosophy at
UCLA 1969-70. In 1980 she was the Communist
vice-presidential candidate.