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Connie Wilson

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
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Biography

A 19-year-old Black high-school student in San Francisco's Hunters Point put on trial for felony voter-registration fraud in what her attorney called a discriminatory frame-up, singled out by the DA as the first target of a 'voter fraud crackdown.' The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.8 (1976). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.8; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Felony voter-registration fraud
Sentence: A 19-year-old Black high-school student in San Francisco's Hunters Point put on trial for felony voter-registration fraud in what her attorney called a discriminatory frame-up, singled out by the DA as the first target of a 'voter fraud crackdown.'