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Title
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Trooper Didn't See Chesimard Fire Shot: Kunstler Shows Trooper May Have Deserted Back-up, Newspaper Article.
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Date
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1977-03-05
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Description
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A newspaper from the New Jersey Afro-American about discrepancies in the testimony of trooper James Harper in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In cross-examination, it was revealed that Harper had not seen Shakur fire the shot that had wounded him even though he had claimed that earlier.
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Additional Subject
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Black Panther Party (BPP)
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Prison
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Black nationalism
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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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Format
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PDF
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HBCU Identifier
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mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.38
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.JSU.0830
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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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Source
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Originally published in New Jersey Afro-American, 5 Mar. 1977, p. 1.
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Language
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English
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