U.S. Judge Inspects Chesimard’s Solitary Cell, Newspaper Article.
- Title
- U.S. Judge Inspects Chesimard’s Solitary Cell, Newspaper Article.
- Date
- 1976-04-23
- Creator
- David Wald
- Description
- A newspaper article from The Star Ledger about District Court Judge George H. Barlow inspecting the cell where Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) is being held in Middlesex County to stand trial for the May 1973 killing of a state trooper. Shakur was convicted in 1977 of the killing and escaped prison in 1979.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Law See all items with this value
- Justice See all items with this value
- Black power See all items with this value
- Additional Subject
- Black Panther Party (BPP)
- Prison
- Black nationalism
- Type
- Textual document
- Medium
- Paper
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.8
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0800
- 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
- Source
- Originally published in The Star Ledger, 23 Apr. 1976, p. 16.
- Collection
- The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
- Item sets
- JSU Frankye Adams Johnson Articles
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