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David Francis Pugh

Austin, Texas

Apr 30, 1948 – Jan 26, 2023

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BORN
April 30, 1948
DIED
January 26, 2023
LOCATION
Austin, Texas

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David Pugh, 74, died peacefully in his sleep on January 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas.David was an educator, political activist, lawyer, and historian.He taught at Rikers Island, and in Harlem, Oakland, and the Bronx. At the NYC Commission on Human Rights, he worked as a civil rights attorney.He...

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I met Dave only after my having exited the Maoist milieu. He was boundlessly generous with his memories and was essential to my understanding of the early Revolutionary Union / Revolutionary Communist Party. It is no exaggeration to say that Conor Gallagher and my boo, "Heavy Radicals" would not have been possible without his contributions. I am so fortunate to have known him.

So sorry. l am glad that Dave continued to keep the faith Knew him in the Bay Area RU Davida Fineman Chicago