Protest Signs Fail to Reach Jury, Newspaper Article.

Item

Title
Protest Signs Fail to Reach Jury, Newspaper Article.
Date
1977-03-16
Creator
Paul B. Brown
Description
A newspaper article from The Star Ledger about slogans spray painted on the Middlesex County Courthouse in support of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) during her trial trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. Five women were arrested for another incident where pro-Shakur handbills were posted on the nearby county welfare office.
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.4.49.67
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.JSU.0859
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 Star Ledger, 16 Mar. 1977, p. 16.
Collection
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson

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