It’s Not Just About Patty: The Real Inside Story of the Symbionese Liberation Army
Location
CSU 201
Start Date
3-30-2018
End Date
3-30-2018
Description
Jeffrey Toobin’s 2016 book American Heiress and 2018 CNN docu-series resurrected the strange case of Patty Hearst, the newspaper heiress kidnapped in 1974 by a band of domestic terrorists calling themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. The American public knew the Hearst name, so coverage of the kidnapping and aftermath focused squarely on Patty. But when Patty Hearst is the blinding sun in this story, the SLA members remain in the shadows. Who were these people? How they did they make the journey from middle-class kids to revolutionaries brandishing weapons? This presentation will give a brief overview of the SLA members, focusing more precisely on Camilla Hall, a St. Peter, Minnesota, native who was part of the Hearst kidnapping and who was killed along with five other SLA members in a May 17, 1974, shootout with Los Angeles police.
It’s Not Just About Patty: The Real Inside Story of the Symbionese Liberation Army
CSU 201
Jeffrey Toobin’s 2016 book American Heiress and 2018 CNN docu-series resurrected the strange case of Patty Hearst, the newspaper heiress kidnapped in 1974 by a band of domestic terrorists calling themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army. The American public knew the Hearst name, so coverage of the kidnapping and aftermath focused squarely on Patty. But when Patty Hearst is the blinding sun in this story, the SLA members remain in the shadows. Who were these people? How they did they make the journey from middle-class kids to revolutionaries brandishing weapons? This presentation will give a brief overview of the SLA members, focusing more precisely on Camilla Hall, a St. Peter, Minnesota, native who was part of the Hearst kidnapping and who was killed along with five other SLA members in a May 17, 1974, shootout with Los Angeles police.
