Chesimard Defense Team Seeks Federal Trial, Newspaper Article.
- Title
- Chesimard Defense Team Seeks Federal Trial, Newspaper Article.
- Date
- 1977-01-20
- Creator
- Sue Emmons
- Description
- A newspaper article from The News Tribune about defense attorneys for Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) filing suit to move her trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper to the federal court. They contend that her civil rights are being violated in at least two ways. The litigation came during jury selection.
- 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.4.49.14
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0806
- 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 News Tribune, 20 Jan. 1977, p. 4.
- Collection
- The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
- Item sets
- JSU Frankye Adams Johnson Articles
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