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Warren Kimbro dies at 74; former Black Panther who led Project MORE
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Feb 10, 2009 04:10pm |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After 41/2 years in prison for second-degree murder of a suspected informant, Kimbro earned a master's degree from Harvard and reformed his life as head of a rehabilitation program for ex-cons.
Warren Kimbro, a former Black Panther whose 1969 murder of a suspected informant brought on the unsuccessful prosecution of party co-founder Bobby Seale in one of an unruly era's most raucous episodes, died Tuesday in New Haven, Conn., where he rebuilt his life as head of a rehabilitation program for ex-offenders. He was 74.
The cause was believed to be a heart attack, said Douglas Rae, a Yale School of Management professor who knew Kimbro for two decades and co-authored a book about him.
On May 20, 1969, Kimbro fatally shot Alex Rackley, a 19-year-old Black Panther member who party members thought was an FBI informant. Prosecutors said the killing was ordered by Seale, whose 1970 trial in New Haven became a cause célèbre for the radical left.
Seale was freed after the jury failed to reach a verdict, but Kimbro was convicted of second-degree murder and went to prison for nearly five years. He rehabilitated himself there, earned a master's degree in education from Harvard and for 25 years led Project MORE, a nonprofit agency devoted to helping ex-cons reenter society. |
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