Trial Erupts in Turmoil, Newspaper Article.

Title: Trial Erupts in Turmoil, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-03
Creator: Sue Emmons See all items with this value
Description: A newspaper article from The News Tribune about multiple disruptions on March 2, 1977, in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. Several spectators were ejected from the court after Superior Court Judge Theodore Appleby accused the defense team of orchestrating outbursts during evidence submission.
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: PDF
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.33
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0825
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, 3 Mar. 1977, p. 9.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value
Relation: Chesimard Loses Bid for Mistrial, Newspaper Article.
Language: English

Item sets: Ephemera & Objects; Women in the Movement Collection; Black Liberation Army (BLA) Collection; Jackson State University Collections