Robert "Sonny" Carson
Robert "Sonny" Carson | |
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| Born | Robert Carson May 22, 1936 Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States |
| Died | December 20, 2002 (aged 66) New York City, New York, United States |
| Other names | Sonny Carson, Mwlina Imiri Abubadika, Sonny Abubadika Carson |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Known for | The December 12th Movement, The Family Red Apple boycott |
| Children | 1 |
Robert "Sonny" Carson (also known as Mwlina Imiri Abubadika; May 22, 1936 – December 20, 2002) was a U.S. Army Korean War veteran, racial civil rights activist, anti-Jewish activist, and community leader in Brooklyn, New York. Carson was known for political organizing, antisemitism, and coordinating public protests of the school systems in African-American communities in New York during the 1960s and 70s. He wrote a popular autobiography, The Education of Sonny Carson (1972), which was made into a 1974 film. Carson is the father of hip-hop artist Professor X.