Biography
The July 1975 Black Community News Letter, Awakening of a Dragon, individually listed Rodney A. Cobbs in its "Write to Political Prisoners and POWs" directory, with a correspondence address in P.O. Box 27264, Richmond. The listing documents historical confinement but does not establish the underlying charge, sentence, admission or release date, or later custody status.
The newsletter’s individually named political-prisoner directory lists Rodney A. Cobbs, prisoner number 98489, at the Richmond prison correspondence address in July 1975. This establishes historical confinement, not a current address, initial admission, final release, conviction or completed sentence. The number is a historical identifier. No precise custody dates are inferred from publication. Black Community News Letter, volume13, July1975, Awakening of a Dragon, original PDF page 35. Source: https://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC32_scans/32.BlackComNewsletter.AwakeningofaDragon.pdf#page=35
The contemporary directory names Rodney A. Cobbs among political prisoners and prisoners of war receiving correspondence in July 1975. This preserves the source’s historical classification; it does not independently establish a political charge or present custody status.
Historical correspondence address as printed: P.O. Box 27264, Richmond.
Black Community News Letter: Awakening of a Dragon, July 1975, PDF page 35 / printed page 34.
