[Twelve items from the Plainfield Joint Defense Committee]
by [Madden, Gail; George Merritt; Bobby Lee Williams]
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- Condition
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Plainfield, NJ: Plainfield Joint Defense Committee, 1973. Pamphlet. Twelve items, mostly 8.5x11 inches, two larger. Includes a six-panel brochure, "Speak out! for the release of Plainfield's Black hostages," four variants of a petition to investigate Plainfield officials, one with a cover letter; five newsletters and press releases updating the case through 1973; a handbill listing ways to help, and a handbill reprinting coverage of the case from the Courier-News. Some fold creases and toning, most have year added by hand in the corner, a couple have "Negro" penciled in the corner by the original recipient. Materials related to the case of two Black residents of Plainfield, New Jersey, who had been convicted of participating in the 1967 beating death of a policeman who had just shot a young Black man. Their convictions were overturned by the NJ supreme court with an order for new trials, but a prosecutor kept them in prison for another nine months.
Details
- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 318035
- Title
- [Twelve items from the Plainfield Joint Defense Committee]
- Author
- [Madden, Gail; George Merritt; Bobby Lee Williams]
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Plainfield Joint Defense Committee
- Place of Publication
- Plainfield, NJ
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American; 1960S; 1970S; Prisons; New Jersey;
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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