Slogans Cleaned From Building, Newspaper Article.

Item

Title
Slogans Cleaned From Building, Newspaper Article.
Date
1977-03-15
Creator
Unknown
Description
A newspaper article from The Home News about workmen cleaning painted slogans in support of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard), on trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper, from the Middlesex County Courthouse. Slogans such as “Free Assata” and “Stop the Lynching” had been spraypainted on the building between 1-2am.
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.4.49.57
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.JSU.0849
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, 15 Mar. 1977, p. 12.
Collection
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson

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