Biography
Howard Moore worked with his brother Albert to establish the Black Community Information Center in Richmond, Virginia. FBI agents arrested him in early April 1971 in the Richmond Five prosecution. The initial weapons trial produced a hung jury in his case; later contemporary reporting identifies a conviction and prison sentence after a separate trial. The Party alleged political targeting. His individual sentence length, release date and time actually imprisoned remain unverified.
The Militant of October 8, 1971 identifies Howard Moore among four Richmond Five defendants sentenced September 10 after separate summer trials, with terms collectively ranging from four to eight years. This confirms the later sentencing report without assigning him an individual term from the collective range. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1971/3536/MIL3536.pdf#page=2
Richmond Five prosecution
Howard Moore worked with his brother Albert to establish the Black Community Information Center in Richmond, Virginia. FBI agents arrested him in early April 1971 in the Richmond Five prosecution. The initial weapons trial produced a hung jury in his case; later contemporary reporting identifies a conviction and prison sentence after a separate trial. The Party alleged political targeting. His individual sentence length, release date and time actually imprisoned 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.
