Entries by Karl Nemmersdorf

The Life and Times of Fay Stender, Radical Attorney for the Black Panthers, Part 1

Introduction Fay Stender earned fame as a radical attorney in the 1960s and 1970s, defending two of the most prominent Black Panthers in highly publicized court cases. During the course of her career in left-wing activism, she embraced numerous “causes” with a passion as flamboyant as it was unbalanced. She worked strictly within the stream […]