Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Date of Birth
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Member of the Weather Underground
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About Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson
- Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson (born January 14, 1945), known as Cathy Wilkerson, is an American far-left radical who was a member of the 1970s radical group called the Weather Underground Organization (WUO).
- She came to the attention of the police when she was leaving the townhouse belonging to her father after it was destroyed by an explosion on March 6, 1970.
- Members of WUO had been constructing a nail bomb in the basement of the building, intending to use it in an attack on a non-commissioned officers dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey that night.
- Wilkerson, already free on bail for her involvement in the Chicago "Days of Rage" riots, avoided capture for 10 years.
- She surrendered in 1980 and pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of dynamite.
- She was sentenced to up to three years in prison and served 11 months.
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