Chesimard's Hands Raised During Shootout-Surgeon, Newspaper Article.

Item

Title
Chesimard's Hands Raised During Shootout-Surgeon, Newspaper Article.
Date
1977-03-17
Creator
Sue Emmons
Description
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about the testimony of defense witness Dr. Arthur Turner Davidson, a surgeon with emphasis on traumatic surgery, during the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. He goes into detail about the injuries Shakur and the others sustained in the shootout.
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.4.49.70
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.JSU.0862
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 News Tribune, 17 Mar. 1977, p. 5.
Collection
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Relation
"Impossible'" For Her to Crouch: MD Backs Chesimard in Describing Wound, Nespaper Article.
Impossible for Joanne to Fire: Doc, Newspaper Article.
Doctor Testifies on Bullet Scars in Chesimard Trial, Newspaper Article.
Chesimard: Pathologist Backs Defense; Credibility Doubted, Newspaper Article.
2d Doc Says Joanne Could Not Have Shot, Newspaper Article.
Item sets
JSU Frankye Adams Johnson Articles
Media
JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0862.pdf

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