Editing Willie Wolfe (section)

==Move to California and political involvement==
In 1971 Wolfe moved to San Francisco, where he enrolled in the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and studied [[anthropology]]. He took African-American Linguistics through the Department of Afro-American Studies, and was taught by [[Colston Westbrook]].<ref name="brussell"/> Through this class, Wolfe became involved in prisoners' rights, as Westbrook was associated with a prison outreach project. It had been organized by [[Venceremos (political organization)|Venceremos]], a largely Chicano leftist group, and a small group of Berkeley students (mostly white) became involved as volunteers as well. They started visiting the prisons to discuss politics and social justice issues with inmates, particularly at [[California Medical Facility|Vacaville prison]], located about 50 miles away. There African-American prisoners had formed the [[Black Cultural Association]].

In 1972, African-American prisoner [[Donald DeFreeze]] (Cinque) invited Wolfe and [[Russ Little (SLA)|Russ Little]], both white, to join his separate study group, Unisight. Inmate [[Thero Wheeler]], a former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]], was also in the clique.<ref name=peoplemystery>[https://www.amazon.com/Vin-McLellan/e/B001KDNH2E|Vin McLellan], [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063998,00.html "The Man and the Mystery Behind the SLA Terror"], ''People,'' April 29, 1974</ref>

In [[Robert Stone (director)|Robert Stone's]] 2005 documentary, ''[[Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst]]'', Russ Little said of Wolfe:

<blockquote>Willie was kind of like the catalyst. Willie was the one that all these different people met. Willie was like the common denominator. Willie studied anthropology at Berkeley, and it was actually through Berkeley that he got into going to prisons. Through some class, some anthropology class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Experience {{!}} Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst {{!}} Transcript {{!}} PBS |url=http://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/guerrilla/filmmore/pt.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=[[PBS]]}}</ref></blockquote>

Wolfe dropped out of college in 1972 as he became more involved in radical activism.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}