Assata Shakur, Button.

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0633.jpg

Title: Assata Shakur, Button.
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: A button with a black and white photo of Assata Shakur. She is a political activist and was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), an organization that engaged in armed struggle with the U.S. government. In 1977, she was convicted in a cop-killing case from 1973. Escaping prison in 1979, she has lived in political asylum in Cuba ever since.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Black power See all items with this value; Activism See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Fashion; Black Panther Party (BPP)
Type: Three-Dimensional Object
Measurements: 2.25 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.button0029
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0633
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 See all items with this value
Language: English
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Item sets: Ephemera & Objects; Women in the Movement Collection; Black Liberation Army (BLA) Collection; Jackson State University Collections

Site pages: Frankye Adams-Johnson: Black Panther From Mississippi