Richard Aoki
1938-11-20 (1938)San Leandro, California, USAActing
Biography
Richard Masato Aoki was an American civil rights activist best known for his association with the Blank Panther Party. In 2012, documentation was obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request which indicated that Aoki was an FBI intelligence agent, informing on his fellow Asian activists and on Black Panther Party leaders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
