Kent Blansett’s latest book, “A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement,” traces Oakes' role representing Native Americans in the turbulent but transformative ...

Richard Oakes was a Native American activist best known for leading the occupation of the disused Alcatraz prison, which was credited with changing the narrative around indigenous peoples' rights.

Richard Oakes, Who Occupied Alcatraz For Native Rights, Gets A Birthday Honor : The Two-Way The late activist and Google doodle honoree stormed the island with dozens of other activists in 1969, ...

Richard Oakes was a leading Native American activist, best known for leading the ‘Occupation of Alcatraz’. A Google Doodle has marked what would have been his 75th birthday. Oakes was born in ...

Oakes, born 75 years ago on May 22, was an instrumental figure in American civil rights history. "Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Richard Oakes made a stand for the rights of American Indians ...

(Oakes, whose 13-year-old stepdaughter had died there after she fell down the stairs in 1970, had already left.) 4. HE SUFFERED VIOLENCE AS A RESULT OF HIS BELIEFS.

In November 1969, Richard Oakes and dozens of his fellow Native American activists came ashore at Alcatraz. The little island in San Francisco Bay had lain dormant since 1963, when its infamous ...

Mohawk activist Richard Oakes was unarmed when he was fatally shot through the chest at close range on Sept. 20, 1972, by Michael Morgan, the white manager of the YMCA camp in Annapolis.

Google is using its logo Monday to pay homage to Richard Oakes, a Native American activist who would have turned 75. Oakes is best known for leading a protest in 1969 leading to the occupation of ...

In November 1969, Richard Oakes and dozens of his fellow Native American activists came ashore at Alcatraz. The little island in San Francisco Bay had lain dormant since 1963, when its infamous ...