Created by Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
Subject of Davis, Angela Y., American, born 1944
Signed by Hoover, J. Edgar, American, 1935 - 1972
Subject of Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
Date August 18, 1970
Medium ink on paper
Dimensions H x W: 16 x 10 1/2 in. (40.6 x 26.7 cm)
Description FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) wanted poster for Angela Yvonne Davis. The poster features two pictures of Davis as well as descriptive information about her physical features. The poster also details information about why she is wanted by the FBI. The back of the poster has a list of addresses and telephone numbers of the FBI special agents who should be contacted with any information.
Place depicted Marin County, California, United States, North and Central America
San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Classification Documents and Published Materials
Type posters
Topic Black power
Civil rights
Law
U.S. History, 1969-2001
On
August 7, 1970 Jonathan Jackson, a heavily armed, 17-year-old African
American high school student, gained control over a courtroom in Marin
County, California. Once in the courtroom, Jackson armed the black
defendants and took Judge Harold Haley, the prosecutor, and three female
jurors as hostages. As Jackson transported the hostages and two black
convicts away from the courtroom, the police began shooting at the
vehicle. The judge, one of the jurors, the prosecutor, and the three
black men were killed in the melee. Angela Davis had purchased the
firearms used in the attack, including the shotgun used to kill Haley,
which had been purchased two days prior and sawed off. She had also
written numerous letters found in the prison cell of one of the
murderers. California considers "all persons concerned in the commission
of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the
offense… principals in any crime so committed." Thus San Marin County
Superior Judge Peter Allen Smith charged Davis with aggravated
kidnapping and first degree murder in the death of Judge Harold Haley
and issued a warrant for her arrest. Hours after the judge issued the
warrant on August 14, 1970 a massive attempt to arrest Angela Davis
began. On August 18, 1970, four days after the initial warrant was
issued, the FBI director J. Edgar Hoover made Angela Davis the third
woman and the 309th person to appear on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted
Fugitive List.
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