▁t aint ed ▁by ▁cor rupt ▁jud icial ▁officers . ▁In ▁the ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁newspaper , ▁a ▁letter ▁campaign ▁by ▁the ▁North ▁Carolina ▁Political ▁Pr ison ers ▁Committee ▁started ▁to ▁prosper . ▁Local ▁residents ▁were ▁ur ged ▁to ▁send ▁letters ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁Charlotte ▁Three ▁to ▁Governor ▁H unt ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁men ' s ▁sentences ▁comm uted . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁Red dy ▁received ▁support ▁from ▁his ▁fellow ▁po ets , ▁such ▁as ▁Sand ra ▁Beck ▁of ▁Charlotte ▁who ▁wrote ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁met ▁" f ew ▁people ▁so ▁cre atively ▁and ▁construct ively ▁orient ed " ▁and ▁who ▁gave ▁his ▁encourag ement ▁to ▁many ▁" you ng ▁writers ▁and ▁authors ". ▁Iron ically , ▁Red dy ▁was ▁l abeled ▁as ▁one ▁who ▁was ▁construct ively ▁orient ed ▁and ▁cre ative , ▁yet ▁he ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁demol ishing ▁a ▁construction ▁through ▁the ▁br ute ▁force ▁method ▁of ▁ar son , ▁which ▁has ▁no ▁cre ativity ▁to ▁it ▁what so ever . ▁He ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁whole ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁art ▁community ▁" who ▁strongly ▁back ed ▁the ▁black ▁poet ". ▁ ▁James ▁Grant ▁had ▁received ▁support ▁from ▁individuals ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁North ▁and ▁the ▁South , ▁including ▁Connecticut ▁Governor ▁El la ▁Gr asso , ▁who ▁called ▁her ▁counter part ▁in ▁North ▁Carolina ▁on ▁Grant ' s ▁beh alf . ▁Grant ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁famous ▁Southern ▁prison ▁rights ▁leader ▁L . C . ▁Dor sey ▁who ▁claimed ▁that ▁Grant