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Perry Ray Robinson

Case from Pine Ridge, SD dated Apr 25, 1973

Victim Details

Perry Ray Robinson

Male

Black / African American

Pine Ridge

SD

1973-04-25

35

Perry

Ray Robinson

07/07/2026

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In the spring of 1973, Perry Ray Robinson, a 35-year-old Black/African American male and civil rights activist from Alabama, traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was drawn there by the Wounded Knee occupation, a 71-day standoff between members of the American Indian Movement and federal law enforcement. Robinson, a follower of Martin Luther King Jr., had a history of activism, including participating in the 1963 March on Washington and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign ...
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  • FBI confirms black activist was killed during 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee
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