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                                Mrs. Chesimard, on Stand, Denies Having Weapon in Turnpike Shooting, Newspaper Article.
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        Date                
 
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                                1977-03-16
                                                            
 
            
    
    
        
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        Description                
 
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                                A newspaper article from The New York Times detailing the testimony Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) gave during her trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In her testimony, she denied shooting anyone, or possessing a firearm, and gave her account of what happened that day.
                                                            
 
            
    
    
        
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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.4.49.65
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        HCAC Identifier                
 
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                                HCAC.JSU.0857
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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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 New York Times, 16 Mar. 1977, p. B2.
                                                            
 
            
    
    
    
        
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        Language                
 
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                                English
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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