UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004384062
Creation Date
12-16-1970
Subject—Names
Angela Davis; Fania Davis
Subject—Places
Detroit (Michigan)
Subject—Topics
Civil Rights Movement
Description
Detroit: Fania Davis, sister of Angela Davis, speaks to approximately 50 members of the Michigan Committee to Free Angela Davis at an outdoor rally in downtown Detroit 12/16. After Fania spoke the group marched to the Wayne County Jail chanting 'Free Angela Davis' and 'Free the Detroit 16'. Miss Davis is in a New York prison fighting extradition to California where she faces charges of murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. The 'Detroit 16' are being held in the Wayne County Jail as a result of a disturbance between police and Black Panthers last 10/24 after a Detroit policeman was fatally shot.
Format
BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"
Source
United Press International
Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers