found:African American National Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Brent, William Lee; political activist, political exile; born 10 November 1930 in Franklin, Louisiana, United States; sent to a juvenile detention facility; enlisted in the army using a fake birth certificate; convicted of theft to eighteen months in the California Youth Authority prison; worked as a mechanic's helper; joined the Black Panther Party (1968); was quickly promoted to the rank of a captain and a spokesman for the Party; was ejected Brent from the organization for an incident; hijacked TWA flight 154 from Oakland to Havana and was imprisoned; spent twenty-two months in a Cuban prison; graduated with a BA degree in Hispanic languages from the University of Havana in (1981); worked as a high school English teacher and as a broadcaster for Radio Havana Cuba (under the name "Bill Beaumont"); in 1996, Times Books published Brent's memoir; died on 04 November 2006 in Havana, Cuba)
William Lee Brent
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