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Title
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Photocopy of newspaper photograph of the Middlesex County Jail from The Home News
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Date
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1977-03-15
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Description
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A photograph from the newspaper The Home News of Middlesex County Jail. The jail, where Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) was staying for her New Jersey trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper, had been found "grossly inadequate" in a comprehensive report. Shakur was attempting to get transferred from the jail.
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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.4.49.59
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.JSU.0851
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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 The Home News, 15 Mar. 1977, p. 13.
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Language
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English
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About This Record
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Photocopy of newspaper photograph of the Middlesex County Jail from The Home News, Front Page Side Index
County Report Urges New Wing on Workhouse, Newspaper Article.
Jail and Workhouse 'Grossly Inadequate,' Newspaper Article.