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On this day December 13, 1986

Black revolutionary Kuwasi Balagoon dies in prison

Kuwasi Balagoon
Kuwasi Balagoon (born Donald Weems) was a Black liberation-era activist whose politics moved through organizations such as the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. He was arrested and la...
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Black revolutionary Kuwasi Balagoon died in prison of an AIDS-related illness. One of the Panther 21 defendants, he later joined the Black Liberation Army and helped liberate Assata Shakur from prison.

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