Kevin Rashid Johnson
American prisoner and social activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the prisoner and social activist. For the artist, see Rashid Johnson.
Kevin "Rashid" Johnson (born October 3, 1971 in Richmond, Virginia) is a revolutionary, writer, artist, social activist, founding member of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, founding member of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party (which split from the NABPP in December 2020), member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, and prisoner in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.[1][2][3][4][5]
Johnson, a former drug dealer, was convicted of murder in 1990 and sentenced to life in prison.[1][6] He maintains that he is innocent and was wrongfully convicted.[1]