Judge Rules Friday Trial Recess, Newspaper Article.

Title: Judge Rules Friday Trial Recess, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-10
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: An article from The News Tribune about the question of Friday recesses asked for by the defense because of the Muslim faith of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard), who was on trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. The question has been a feature of the trial and the defense, prosecution, and judge continue to argue over it.
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.4.49.46
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0838
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, 10 Mar. 1977, p. 5.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value
Relation: High Court Rejects Stay on Friday Court Sessions, Newspaper Article.
Language: English

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