Letter from Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, August 27, 1973.
- Title
- Letter from Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, August 27, 1973.
- Date
- 1973-08-27
- Creator
- Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur)
- Description
- Written on Middlesex County Workhouse letterhead, where Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) was being held in connection with a 1973 police shooting. She writes to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum that she heard about his marriage and wrote a love poem for them. She thanks him for his book suggestions and writes about the other prisoner's attitude toward books.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Family See all items with this value
- Literature See all items with this value
- Additional Subject
- Black Panther Party (BPP)
- Prison
- Poetry
- Type
- Textual document
- Medium
- Paper
- Measurements
- 8.5 in x 11 in
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.cor0088
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0657
- Rights
- All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
- Contributing Institution
- Jackson State University
- Collection
- The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
- Item sets
- JSU Frankye Adams Johnson Correspondence
Part of Letter from Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, August 27, 1973.