Biography
Albert Moore helped organize the Black Community Information Center in Richmond, Virginia, with his brother Howard. FBI agents arrested him in early April 1971 in the Richmond Five weapons prosecution. Contemporary reporting records a conviction for transporting stolen weapons across state lines and acquittal on the conspiracy count. The Party denounced the case as an attack on Black community organizing. His exact custody duration and release date remain unverified.
The Militant of October 8, 1971 identifies Albert Moore and his brother Howard of the Richmond Information Center among four Richmond Five defendants sentenced September 10 to terms collectively ranging from four to eight years. It attributes the weapons arrangement to police agent Waverly Allen; no individual term or completed custody duration is established. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1971/3536/MIL3536.pdf#page=2
Richmond Five prosecution
Albert Moore helped organize the Black Community Information Center in Richmond, Virginia, with his brother Howard. FBI agents arrested him in early April 1971 in the Richmond Five weapons prosecution. Contemporary reporting records a conviction for transporting stolen weapons across state lines and acquittal on the conspiracy count. The Party denounced the case as an attack on Black community organizing. His exact custody duration and release date remain unverified.
The Militant reported that Jacob Bethea, Charles Brunson, Albert Moore and Howard Moore were sentenced on September 10, 1971 following convictions that summer. Its four-to-eight-year range describes the group, not a verified individual term or time actually served.
The political-targeting and informant allegations come from contemporary defense reporting and are attributed to that reporting; they are not presented as judicial findings. The Moore brothers are identified with the Richmond Information Center, without assuming Black Panther Party membership. The documented historical case does not establish present-day custody.
