On this day in 1983, a federal judge sentenced Raymond Bledsoe to life for the fatal beating Black saxophonist Steven Harvey in Kansas City.
On this day in 1983 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today May 6, 2024 May 6, 1983 Alvin Sykes, who spent much of his time in the Kansas City Public Library, convinced federal prosecutors to prosecute Richard Bledsoe for a hate crime. A federal judge sentenced Raymond Bledsoe to life for beating Black jazz saxophonist Steven Harvey to death in a Kansas City park because of his race.
Sykes was a brilliant legal and legislative operator whose admirers included City Council members, politicians and U.S. attorneys general from both parties. … He led a monk’s life in the name of social justice. He rarely held a job, wore second hand clothing and lacked a permanent address for long stretches of time, staying with friends instead and living off donations and, later, speaker fees.
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