Baba Odinga

AKA: Walter Johnson
Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 1 Month 10 Days
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Black Liberation Black Panther Party Panther 21
Baba Odinga

Biography

Baba Odinga was a Black Panther Party member indicted in the April 2, 1969 New York Panther 21 conspiracy case. He was one of the 13 defendants who went to trial and was acquitted on May 13, 1971.

Photo credit

Breakthrough, October 1977, printed page 62. The caption identifies Baba Odinga as second standing from left in the Panther 21 acquittal photograph. Cropped.

Case

Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)
Charges: New York state Panther 21 conspiracy counts (April 2, 1969 indictment).
Arrested: Apr 2, 1969
Incarcerated: Apr 2, 1969
Released: May 12, 1971
Sentence: Acquitted; no sentence.
Convicted: No
Institution State: New York

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