Woman Freed in Slaying of Rapist’s Guard, Newspaper Article.

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0790.pdf

Title: Woman Freed in Slaying of Rapist’s Guard, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-01--1977-03-05
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: A newspaper article from The New Jersey Afro-American about Inez Garcia, a woman whose case became a rallying cry for feminists after she was acquitted for killing a man she says helped rape her. Garcia became a symbol for a woman’s right to defend herself. She says that she will go on to help other women who are imprisoned.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Law See all items with this value; Justice See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: PDF
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.54.1
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0790
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 The New Jersey Afro-American, 1-5 Mar. 1977.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value
Relation: Rape Victim Innocent of Murder, Newspaper Article.
Language: English
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Item sets: Ephemera & Objects; Women in the Movement Collection; Jackson State University Collections

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