Cops Say They Found Ammunition in Purse, Newspaper Article.

Title

Cops Say They Found Ammunition in Purse, Newspaper Article.

Date

1977-03-06

Creator

Annemarie Cooke See all items with this value

Description

A newspaper article from The Home News about ammunition found in a purse and suitcase found in the car driven by Clark Squire and occupied by Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard). Shakur was on trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper and Squire had previously been convicted of the crime in a separate trial.

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.4.49.39

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.JSU.0831

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, 6 Mar. 1977, p. 1, A20.

Collection

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

Language

English

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