My bio father has a signed copy of The Hurricane, by #HurricaneCarter, saw on here. 🕯️ @innocenceproject.bsky.social
3 January 1976 - Bob Dylan's song, 'Hurricane', peaked at No.33 on the Billboard singles chart, helping to cause enough publicity to eventually get former boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter released from jail. The song promoted Carter's innocence. #BobDylan #HurricaneCarter
"They ain't got no business in there with me."
Middleweight contender Rubin Carter on welterweights after easily beating Emile Griffith in 1963
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#OTD #TDIH #May6, 1937: #HBD #RubinCarter aka #HurricaneCarter! #Boxers #Writers #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Heroes #PeopleWrongfullyConvictedOfMurder #ConvictsWhoBecameWriters #Boxing #SportsHistory #JerseyProud @brianfdonohue.bsky.social #MusicSky
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#OTD #TDIH #April 20, 2014: #RIP #RubinCarter aka #HurricaneCarter, #Boxers #Writers #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Heroes #PeopleWrongfullyConvictedOfMurder #ConvictsWhoBecameWriters #Boxing #SportsHistory #JerseyProud #MusicSky @brianfdonohue.bsky.social
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