Chesimard Jury All White But Not by Design, Newspaper Article.

Title: Chesimard Jury All White But Not by Design, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-02-20
Creator: Reginald Kavanaugh
Description: A newspaper article from The Home News about the all white jury in the murder trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. Courts have decided that the jury selection is fair since the selections are made from voter registration rolls. 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.4.49.21
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0813
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 Home News, 20 Feb. 1977, p. A28.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson