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

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Title: Letter to Houari Boumediene from Black Liberation Army (BLA) Members, 1972.
Date: 1972
Creator: Melvin McNair See all items with this value; Jean McNair See all items with this value; Larry Burgess See all items with this value; George Brown and Family See all items with this value
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 See all items with this value; Black power See all items with this value; Resistance See all items with this value
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
Relation: The Plague: Dope + Capitalism = Genocide, Essay.
References: George Wright Tells Story of Hijacking From Portugal - The New York Times

Item sets: JSU Frankye Adams Johnson Articles

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0876.pdf

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