UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

 

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    Identifier

    35160004383692

    Creation Date

    8-29-1971

    Subject—Topics

    Civil Rights Movement

    Description

    Mount Vernon, Ill.: Acting as pallbearers, members of the Black Panther Party carry the casket of George Jackson, one of the Soledad Brothers, from hearse at the Bethel Cemetary where Jackson was buried, here 8/29. Jackson, killed in a breakout attempt at San Quentin prison was flown to St. Louis and brought to Mount Vernon where his family has a plot.

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    BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"

    Source

    United Press International

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    Keywords

    African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers

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