Published In
Ann Arbor News, April 6, 2008
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Poet and former Ann Arborite John Sinclair speaks to about 2,000 people on the University of Michigan Diag on Saturday afternoon. The U-M student organization FOKUS - Fighting Obstacles Knowing Ultimate Success- had reserved the space for its annual block party, but allotted Sinclair time to speak to Hash Bash celebrants in the crowd. "I like to get high," he told them. "I believe I have a right to get high."

Published In
Ann Arbor News, April 4, 2004
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Poet and political activist John Sinclair addresses the crowd during the annual Hash Bash held Saturday afternoon on the Diag of the University of Michigan campus. The first Hash Bash was held after Sinclair's 1969 arrest and imprisonment for possessing two marijuana joints. Sinclair urged people to "register to vote, get together with your friend, pick your targets, and topple them over."

Published In
Ann Arbor News, April 8, 2001
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Former Ann Arbor resident John Sinclair, who became well-known in the 1970s as a crusader to legalize pot, reads a poem at Saturday's rally.