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'''Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin '''(1947) is an
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[anarchist](Anarchism "wikilink") and
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[autonomist](Autonomism "wikilink") activist and writer, being a
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theorist for [Black Anarchism](Black_Anarchism "wikilink").
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## Life
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### Early Activism
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When he was 12, Ervin joined the [NAACP](NAACP "wikilink") youth group
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and participated in the sit-in protests that helped end [racial
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segregation](Jim_Crow "wikilink") in Chattanooga. He was drafted during
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the [Vietnam War](Vietnam_War "wikilink") and served in the army for two
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years, where he became an [anti-war
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activist](Peace_Movements "wikilink"). In 1967 he joined the [Student
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Nonviolent Coordinating Committee](SNCC "wikilink") and, a short time
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later, the [Black Panther Party](Black_Panther_Party "wikilink"). |