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Raymond Johnson

In Exile
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:Louisiana
Support
Black Liberation Black Panther Party
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Biography

Raymond Johnson was a young Black Panther and Black nationalist from Louisiana who hijacked National Airlines Flight 186 to Havana on November 4, 1968, seeking political asylum from what he described as racist persecution in the United States. He remained in Cuban exile until 1986, one of the earliest of the era's Black-liberation asylum hijackers.

Case

Charges: Air piracy
In exile since: Nov 4, 1968
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: No — granted political asylum in Cuba Charges as recorded: Air piracy — the November 4, 1968 hijacking of National Airlines Flight 186 to Havana
Convicted: No