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'''Sekou Odinga''' (born June 17, 1944, as '''Nathanial Burns''') is an American activist and convicted felon who was imprisoned for actions with the [[Black Liberation Army]] in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YSmiFins9sC|pages=115–118|title=Far Left of Center|author=Harvey E. Klehr|isbn=978-0-88738-875-0|year=1990}}</ref>


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'''Sekou Odinga''' (born '''Nathanial Burns''', June 17, 1944 – January 12, 2024) was an American [[Republic of New Afrika|New Afrikan]] activist who was imprisoned for actions with the [[Black Liberation Army]] in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YSmiFins9sC|pages=115–118|title=Far Left of Center|author=Harvey E. Klehr|isbn=978-0-88738-875-0|year=1990|publisher=Transaction Publishers }}</ref>
In 1965, Sekou joined the [[Organization of Afro-American Unity]] (OAAU), founded by [[Malcolm X]]. After Malcolm's death, the OAAU was not going in the direction he wanted and in 1967 he was looking at the [[Black Panther Party]]. In early 1968 he helped build [[the Bronx]] Black Panther Party. On January 17, 1969 two Panthers, [[Bunchy Carter]] and [[John Huggins]], were killed by members of [[US Organization]] on the [[UCLA]] campus, and a fellow New York Panther who was in police custody was brutally beaten. Sekou was informed that police were searching for him in connection with a police shooting. The confluence of these events convinced Sekou to disappear from public-facing organizing and join the black underground with the Black Liberation Army.


Sekou Odinga remained underground, partaking in revolutionary clandestine activity for twelve years until he was captured. Upon being captured in 1981 he was charged with six counts of attempted murder, nine predicate acts of [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act|Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO)]], stemming from his involvement in the escape of [[Assata Shakur]] from prison and the [[Brink's robbery (1981)|Brink's armored car robbery]]. He was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to a consecutive twenty-five years to life state sentence and a forty-year federal sentence.<ref name=dnainfo>[http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141126/central-harlem/black-panther-convicted-of-trying-kill-6-officers-released-from-prison Black Panther Convicted of Trying to Kill 6 Officers Released From Prison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035554/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141126/central-harlem/black-panther-convicted-of-trying-kill-6-officers-released-from-prison |date=2014-11-29 }}, DNAInfo, Nov. 26, 2014.</ref> Burns' convictions were affirmed by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] in March 1985.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=United States v. Ferguson
In 1965, Sekou joined the [[Organization of Afro-American Unity]] (OAAU), founded by [[Malcolm X]]. After Malcolm's death, the OAAU was not going in the direction he wanted and by 1967 he was looking at the [[Black Panther Party]]. In early 1968, he helped build [[the Bronx]] chapter of the Black Panther Party. On January 17, 1969, two Panthers, [[Bunchy Carter]] and [[John Huggins]], were killed by members of [[US Organization]] on the [[UCLA]] campus, and a fellow New York Panther who was in police custody was brutally beaten. Sekou was informed that police were searching for him in connection with a police shooting. The confluence of these events convinced Sekou to disappear from public-facing organizing and join the black underground with the Black Liberation Army.
Sekou Odinga remained underground, partaking in revolutionary clandestine activity for twelve years until his capture. Upon being captured in 1981, he was charged with six counts of attempted murder, nine predicate acts of [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act|Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO)]], stemming from his involvement in the escape of [[Assata Shakur]] from prison and the [[Brink's robbery (1981)|Brink's armored car robbery]]. He was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to a consecutive twenty-five years to life state sentence and a forty-year federal sentence.<ref name=dnainfo>[http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141126/central-harlem/black-panther-convicted-of-trying-kill-6-officers-released-from-prison Black Panther Convicted of Trying to Kill 6 Officers Released From Prison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035554/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141126/central-harlem/black-panther-convicted-of-trying-kill-6-officers-released-from-prison |date=2014-11-29 }}, DNAInfo, Nov. 26, 2014.</ref> Burns' convictions were affirmed by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] in March 1985.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=United States v. Ferguson
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|accessdate=}}</ref> Odinga was released from prison on November 25, 2014.<ref name=dnainfo/>


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==Personal life and death==
Odinga was released from prison on 25 November 2014.<ref name=dnainfo/>
Odinga died on January 12, 2024, at the age of 79. He is survived by eight children and 18 grandchildren. He was the father of deceased rapper [[Yaki Kadafi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Ann |title=Sekou Odinga, Black Liberation Activist Who Helped Free Assata Shakur, Passes Away At 79 |url=https://moguldom.com/455364/sekou-odinga-black-liberation-activist-who-helped-free-assata-shakur-passes-away-at-79/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |publisher=The Moguldom Nation |date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

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==Personal life==
Odinga has eight children and 18 grandchildren. He is the father of deceased rapper [[Yaki Kadafi]].


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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* {{cite book|last=Kempton|first=Murray|author-link=Murray Kempton|title=The Briar Patch: The Trial of the Panther 21|year=1997|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|ISBN=9780306807992}}
* {{cite book|last=Kempton|first=Murray|author-link=Murray Kempton|title=The Briar Patch: The Trial of the Panther 21|year=1997|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|isbn=9780306807992}}
* {{cite book|last=Churchill|first=Ward|author-link=Ward Churchill|title=Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars against the Black Panther Party & the American Indian Movement|year=2001|publisher=South End Press|ISBN=9780896086463}}
* {{cite book|last=Churchill|first=Ward|author-link=Ward Churchill|title=Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars against the Black Panther Party & the American Indian Movement|year=2001|publisher=South End Press|isbn=9780896086463}}
* {{cite book|last=Zimroth|first=Peter L.|title=Perversions of Justice: The Prosecution and Acquittal of the Panther 21|publisher=[[Viking Press]]|ISBN=9780670548583}}
* {{cite book|last=Zimroth|first=Peter L.|title=Perversions of Justice: The Prosecution and Acquittal of the Panther 21|year=1974 |publisher=[[Viking Press]]|isbn=9780670548583}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 6 July 2024

Sekou Odinga
Odinga in the late 1980s
Born
Nathanial Burns

(1944-06-07)June 7, 1944
DiedJanuary 12, 2024(2024-01-12) (aged 79)
OccupationActivist
Organization(s)Organization of Afro-American Unity, Black Panther Party, Black Liberation Army
SpouseDequi Kioni-Sadiki
Children8, including Yaki Kadafi

Sekou Odinga (born Nathanial Burns, June 17, 1944 – January 12, 2024) was an American New Afrikan activist who was imprisoned for actions with the Black Liberation Army in the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

In 1965, Sekou joined the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), founded by Malcolm X. After Malcolm's death, the OAAU was not going in the direction he wanted and by 1967 he was looking at the Black Panther Party. In early 1968, he helped build the Bronx chapter of the Black Panther Party. On January 17, 1969, two Panthers, Bunchy Carter and John Huggins, were killed by members of US Organization on the UCLA campus, and a fellow New York Panther who was in police custody was brutally beaten. Sekou was informed that police were searching for him in connection with a police shooting. The confluence of these events convinced Sekou to disappear from public-facing organizing and join the black underground with the Black Liberation Army.

Sekou Odinga remained underground, partaking in revolutionary clandestine activity for twelve years until his capture. Upon being captured in 1981, he was charged with six counts of attempted murder, nine predicate acts of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO), stemming from his involvement in the escape of Assata Shakur from prison and the Brink's armored car robbery. He was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to a consecutive twenty-five years to life state sentence and a forty-year federal sentence.[2] Burns' convictions were affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in March 1985.[3] Odinga was released from prison on November 25, 2014.[2]

Personal life and death

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Odinga died on January 12, 2024, at the age of 79. He is survived by eight children and 18 grandchildren. He was the father of deceased rapper Yaki Kadafi.[4]

Further reading

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  • Kempton, Murray (1997). The Briar Patch: The Trial of the Panther 21. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306807992.
  • Churchill, Ward (2001). Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars against the Black Panther Party & the American Indian Movement. South End Press. ISBN 9780896086463.
  • Zimroth, Peter L. (1974). Perversions of Justice: The Prosecution and Acquittal of the Panther 21. Viking Press. ISBN 9780670548583.

References

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  1. ^ Harvey E. Klehr (1990), Far Left of Center, Transaction Publishers, pp. 115–118, ISBN 978-0-88738-875-0
  2. ^ a b Black Panther Convicted of Trying to Kill 6 Officers Released From Prison Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, DNAInfo, Nov. 26, 2014.
  3. ^ United States v. Ferguson, 758 F. 2d 843 (2nd Cir. 1985).
  4. ^ Brown, Ann (19 January 2024). "Sekou Odinga, Black Liberation Activist Who Helped Free Assata Shakur, Passes Away At 79". The Moguldom Nation. Retrieved 21 January 2024.


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