UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004384450
Creation Date
8-26-1971
Subject—Names
Jesse Jackson
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement
Description
Chicago: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, head of Operation Breadbasket, at his news conference 8/26, called for the resignation of Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan, and Chicago Police Superintendent James B. Conlisk, Jr., Hanrahan and 13 others were indicted by a grand jury and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the investigation of the 1969 apartment raid in which two Black Panther leaders were killed. Supt. Conlisk was named as an unindicted co-conspirator by the grand jury.
Format
BW Photograph, 10.5" x 8"
Source
United Press International
Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers