Biography
Kwando Kinshasa, born William King, 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. He later became a professor of African-American studies and an author on incarceration and Black liberation.
The paper reports additional indictments following the October 1970 Branch Queens rebellion and transfer of imprisoned Panther 21 defendants to Rikers Island. The scheduled December 10 arraignment was postponed; threatened terms of up to 312 years were potential exposure, not sentences actually served. Kinshasa is explicitly identified as William King on page 12. The Black Panther, December19,1970 volV no25, original PDF page 13. Source: https://washingtonareaspark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1970-12-19-bpp-.pdf#page=13
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The Black Panther’s January 10, 1970 court report says Judge Murtagh refused to set bail for Lee Roper and William King, now known as Kwando Kinshasa, after their November arrests in Columbus, Ohio.
