Chesimard Jury All White But Not by Design, Newspaper Article.

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0813.pdf

Title: Chesimard Jury All White But Not by Design, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-02-20
Creator: Reginald Kavanaugh See all items with this value
Description: A newspaper article from The Home News about the all white jury in the murder trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. Courts have decided that the jury selection is fair since the selections are made from voter registration rolls. Shakur was convicted in 1977 of the killing and escaped prison in 1979.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Law See all items with this value; Justice See all items with this value; Black power See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison; Black nationalism
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: PDF
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.21
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0813
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 Home News, 20 Feb. 1977, p. A28.
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