Em-Hotep everyone, for those who don't know, during this past week on June 30, the Black nationalist and leader during the Black Power Movement, Dhoruba bin- Wahad celebrated his 65th birthday. Unfortunately most of us in the African/ Black community are not knowledgeable on who Dhoruba bin-Wahad (formerly Richard Moore) is or his impact on Black History and the liberation and liberty of us people of African descent. Dhoruba bin Wahad was a former Black Panther who was a leader of the New York City chapter, he was a charismatic rhetorician, a fiery speaker and a notable figure within the Black Power movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Dhoruba was also a victim of the Cointelprogram created by J. Edgar Hoover which was devised at first surreptitiously to eradicate, divide, incarcerate and obliterate all Black nationalist, liberal, social, and religious groups/ cults that could potentially radicalize the order of the United States of America for the betterment of "minorities" and most of the country. The program was responsible for the division of the Nation of Islam, the Organization of African American Unity, the Republic of a New Afrika, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the US Organization, the Nation of the Gods and the Earths , the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and other groups.
The programs also falsely imprisoned political activists and nationalists like the New York 20, who were 20 Black Panthers in 1969 who were accused of bombing New York monuments. Dhoruba bin Wahad was a victim of this program, and was accused of robbery of a social club and attempted murder on police officers and in 1973, he was given a guilty verdict and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. While in prison in 1975, he filed a lawsuit against the FBI and New York City Police Department. Concomitantly, the FBI released 300,000 pages of documentations and on March of 1990, the verdict was reversed do to the lack of evidence of him committing either of the crimes. Eventually, the United States government settled to pay Mr. Wahad $400,000 and an additional $490,000 in damages. Mr. Wahad continues his work for the benefit of the Pan-African community and currently resides in Newark, NJ.
Peace to Dhoruba bin Wahad and may we thank him for his persistence, dauntlessness, courage and discipline to sacrifice his life for our liberation and to come out of a close to 20 year prison sentence with the same advocacy of universal liberation for our people.
Peace.
Dhoruba was also a victim of the Cointelprogram created by J. Edgar Hoover which was devised at first surreptitiously to eradicate, divide, incarcerate and obliterate all Black nationalist, liberal, social, and religious groups/ cults that could potentially radicalize the order of the United States of America for the betterment of "minorities" and most of the country. The program was responsible for the division of the Nation of Islam, the Organization of African American Unity, the Republic of a New Afrika, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the US Organization, the Nation of the Gods and the Earths , the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and other groups.
The programs also falsely imprisoned political activists and nationalists like the New York 20, who were 20 Black Panthers in 1969 who were accused of bombing New York monuments. Dhoruba bin Wahad was a victim of this program, and was accused of robbery of a social club and attempted murder on police officers and in 1973, he was given a guilty verdict and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. While in prison in 1975, he filed a lawsuit against the FBI and New York City Police Department. Concomitantly, the FBI released 300,000 pages of documentations and on March of 1990, the verdict was reversed do to the lack of evidence of him committing either of the crimes. Eventually, the United States government settled to pay Mr. Wahad $400,000 and an additional $490,000 in damages. Mr. Wahad continues his work for the benefit of the Pan-African community and currently resides in Newark, NJ.
Peace to Dhoruba bin Wahad and may we thank him for his persistence, dauntlessness, courage and discipline to sacrifice his life for our liberation and to come out of a close to 20 year prison sentence with the same advocacy of universal liberation for our people.
Peace.
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