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Ann Shepard Turner

Full name:Ann Turner
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:North Carolina
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Wilmington Ten
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Biography

The only white member of the Wilmington Ten, convicted in the trumped-up 1971 Wilmington, NC firebombing/conspiracy case; paroled around 1977. The Black Panther Vol. 18 no.2 (1978). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v18 no.2; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Firebombing and conspiracy (Wilmington Ten)
Released: 1977
Sentence: The only white member of the Wilmington Ten, convicted in the trumped-up 1971 Wilmington firebombing/conspiracy case; paroled around 1977.
Convicted: Yes