Mrs. Chesimard, on Stand, Denies Having Weapon in Turnpike Shooting, Newspaper Article.

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0857.pdf

Title: Mrs. Chesimard, on Stand, Denies Having Weapon in Turnpike Shooting, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-16
Creator: Joseph F. Sullivan See all items with this value
Description: A newspaper article from The New York Times detailing the testimony Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) gave during her trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In her testimony, she denied shooting anyone, or possessing a firearm, and gave her account of what happened that day.
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.4.49.65
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0857
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 New York Times, 16 Mar. 1977, p. B2.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value
Relation: Chesimard Testifies at Trial, Newspaper Article.; Chesimard Tells Court she's Innocent Victim, Newspaper Article.; Daughter's Photograph Objected to at Trial, Newspaper Article.
Language: English

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

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