The Story of Jersey City Plot to Crush Panthers, Newspaper Article.

Title

The Story of Jersey City Plot to Crush Panthers, Newspaper Article.

Date

1969-12-19

Creator

Ted Bassett See all items with this value

Description

A newspaper article from Daily World, a newspaper in Jersey City, New Jersey. Jimmy York, the deputy chairman of the Jersey Branch of the Black Panther Party, talks to the writer about harassment the Black Panthers in the city face from the police, including bogus arrests with excessive bail and raids on homes and Party headquarters.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Black power See all items with this value

Justice See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black Panther Party (BPP)

Police brutality

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.13

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.JSU.0744

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

Source

Originally published in Daily World, 19 Dec. 1969, p. 3-4.

Collection

The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value

Language

English

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