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Title
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Letter from Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, August 27, 1973.
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Date
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1973-08-27
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Description
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Written on Middlesex County Workhouse letterhead, where Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) was being held in connection with a 1973 police shooting. She writes to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum that she heard about his marriage and wrote a love poem for them. She thanks him for his book suggestions and writes about the other prisoners attitudes’ toward books.
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Additional Subject
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Black Panther Party (BPP)
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Prison
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Poetry
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Type
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Textual document
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Medium
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Paper
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Measurements
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8.5 in x 11 in
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Format
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PDF
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HBCU Identifier
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mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.cor0088
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.JSU.0657
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Rights
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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.
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Contributing Institution
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Jackson State University
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Language
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English
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About This Record
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Letter from Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur) to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, July 2, 1973.
Letter from Martha Pitts to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, February 27, 1975.