Charles Garry

Charles Garry
Born
Charles Garabedian

(1909-03-17)March 17, 1909
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 16, 1991(1991-08-16) (aged 82)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Known forLawyer in the Peoples Temple of Jonestown
Legal counsel for the Black Panther Party

Charles R. Garry (March 17, 1909 – August 16, 1991) was an American civil rights attorney who represented a number of high-profile clients in political cases during the 1960s and 1970s, including Huey P. Newton during his 1968 capital murder trial and the Peoples Temple during the 1978 Jonestown tragedy.[1]

  1. ^ Jones, James Thomas (January 1, 2016). Creating Revolution As We Advance: A Narrative History of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense's Revolutionary Years. Manhood, Race and Culture Publishers. ISBN 9781530391585. OCLC 952182545.