Shirley Herlth

Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:North Carolina
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Biography

Black prisoner at the North Carolina Women's Prison charged with assault after defending a fellow Black prisoner against a racist attack by white inmates (who were not charged); The Black Panther Vol. 17 no.13 (1977). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v17 no.13; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

North Carolina Women's Prison
Charges: Assault
Sentence: Charged with assault after defending a fellow Black prisoner against a racist attack by white inmates, who were not charged.
Convicted: Charged; outcome not stated
Institution State: North Carolina

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