Interview Mrs. Chesimard in Confinement Suit, Newspaper Article.

Title: Interview Mrs. Chesimard in Confinement Suit, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1976-04-20
Creator: Frank McKeown
Description: A newspaper article from The Daily News about Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) being in New Jersey to stand trial for the May 1973 killing of a state trooper and the federal suit her attorneys filed for alleged horrible living conditions and violation of civil rights. Shakur was convicted in 1977 of the killing and escaped prison in 1979.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Law; Justice; Black power
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison; Black nationalism
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.6
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0798
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 Daily News, 20 Apr. 1976, p. JL15.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson