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Wilbur Shabazz

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Delaware
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Biography

One of the 'Smyrna 7' convicted of escape-related charges at the Delaware Correctional Center; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.29 (1976) reports the defense committee's charge that the attacks on him were tied to his ideology and politics. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.29; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Delaware Correctional Center
Charges: Escape-related charges
Sentence: One of the 'Smyrna 7' convicted of escape-related charges; defense committee charged that the attacks on him were tied to his ideology and politics.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Delaware