Letter to Houari Boumediene from Black Liberation Army (BLA) Members, 1972.

Item

Title
Letter to Houari Boumediene from Black Liberation Army (BLA) Members, 1972.
Date
1972
Creator
Melvin McNair
Jean McNair
Larry Burgess
George Brown and Family
Description
A letter to Algerian president Houari Boumediene from members of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) who had fled to his country from the United States. Melvin McNair, Jean McNair, Larry Burgess, and George Brown hijacked a plane in Miami on July 31, 1972 to seek political asylum in Algeria. The letter talks about their treatment in the country.
Primary Subject
1900-1999
Black power
Resistance
Additional Subject
Black Panther Party (BPP)
Black nationalism
Type
Textual document
Medium
Paper
Format
JPEG
HBCU Identifier
mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.5.05.5
HCAC Identifier
HCAC.JSU.0876
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
Collection
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson

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