Martin Sostre (1923-2015) was a revolutionary anarchist and anti-imperialist political prisoner and jailhouse lawyer. He advocated for prisoners’ rights, religious freedom, political expression, and due process regarding prison censorship and solitary confinement. He was also a teacher and mentor, as the owner of the radical Pan-Africanist Afro Asian Book Shop in Buffalo, New York, and a community organizer with the Juvenile Education and Awareness Project in New Jersey.
The Martin Sostre Institute works to share quotes, work, and other archival materials related to Sostre’s life of principled struggle.