1914–1965
Biography · Civil Rights
Billy Garland
1949–
United States
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William Marvin Garland Jr. or William B. Garland (born August 5, 1949) is an American former member of the Marxist–Leninist and black power political and militant organization the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the biological father of rapper Tupac Shakur.
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