Biography
Lionel Ward was one of the New Orleans Four supported by the local National Committee to Combat Fascism in September 1970. The Black Panther reported that the four men were captured after an attempt to obtain guns for community defense and remained in Lafourche Parish Prison on $80,000 bail. The report identifies the episode as political repression of Black community resistance. It does not establish a conviction, sentence or actual release.
Lionel Ward was one of the New Orleans Four supported by the local National Committee to Combat Fascism in September 1970. The Black Panther reported that the four men were captured after an attempt to obtain guns for community defense and remained in Lafourche Parish Prison on $80,000 bail. The report identifies the episode as political repression of Black community resistance. It does not establish a conviction, sentence or actual release.
