Letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika), Saturday afternoon (other date information is unknown).

Title

Letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika), Saturday afternoon (other date information is unknown).

Date

Unknown

Creator

Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, 1941-2000 See all items with this value

Description

A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, who was sentenced to prison in 1975 for a 1971 Black Liberation Army (BLA) connected shooting of police officers in New York, to his wife Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika). He writes a love poem to his wife. He also includes a money order. The letter is dated “Saturday afternoon.”

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Family See all items with this value

Spirituality See all items with this value

Justice See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black Panther Party (BPP)

Poetry

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Measurements

8 in x 12.5 in

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.cor0069

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.JSU.0638

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

Relation

Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) and Albert Washington (aka Nuh Abdul Qaiyum) Correspondence.

Language

English

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