Judy Gumbo, Who Found Freedom as a Yippie, Dies at 83

Judy Gumbo Reflects on Her Role in Protests of 1971

“I don’t remember the scary as much as I remember the empowerment,” she later said of protests that drew the ire of police.

Judy Gumbo, in a retrospective statement, highlights her experience in the 1971 protests not so much for the fear, but for the sense of empowerment it instilled.

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