The Nation: Sonny Rollins Lived to See Justice for His Wrongly Convicted Father

[Mark Stryker]

Extraordinary story. 

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sonny-rollins-exonerated-court-martial-racism/tnamp/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSWLV5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRWwIAxPfzGoT7q1wgUODsksFENEmmVAEWjVS9vkJ--XC3_TtwICsDCymddk_aem_usjq62_yGYx-UXivPp2jgA

 

[Big Beat Steve]

Yes, that's a moving story. I've downloaded the article and will file a printout in the folder that holds printouts of the footnotes to the Saxophone Colossus book. 

[JSngry]

Vindication is sweet.

[Eric]

Wow - thank-you for sharing.

[Peter Friedman]

Great story about an injustice unknown to the vast majority of jazz lovers and others.