3 Years Ago: John Sinclair Freedom Rally

Three Years Ago: John Sinclair Freedom Rally

On December 10, 1971, 10,000 people jammed Ann Arbor's Crisler Arena in a massive rally aimed at securing the freedom of one John Sinclair, who at that point had been imprisoned for 2 1/2 years ostensibly for possession of two joints. The rally worked, as three days later John walked unexpectedly free from Jackson State Prison. Inside Crisler, besides the 10,000 people, performed John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Commander Cody, Archie Shepp, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Bobby Seale, Allen Ginsberg, and many others. A dynamic movie of the John Sinclair Freedom Rally will hopefully be released to the public someday, as it is now being stalled by Yoko Ono, who owns it.