The Trenton Six

File — Box: 5, Folder: 7

Identifier: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains materials from the Black Civil Rights movement in the United States, including a 1938 advertisement for an event featuring Duke Ellington, Juanita Hall, Georgia Burke, and others, put on by the Negro Cultural Committee, and a poster advocating for the freedom of Black Panther prisoners, like David Hilliard.

Dates

Creation: 1938-2007 and undated

Langauge of Materials

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Linear Feet (4 document boxes, 1 oversize doc box, 1 half-size document box, 4 flat oversize boxes)

Additional Description

Note

Contains materials regarding the fight to save six men who were sentenced to death for the murder of a shopkeeper in Trenton, New Jersey. The case was controversial for the obvious bias agaist the men, and the efforts of civil rights groups and lawyers succeeded in overturning the original death sentence and gaining a new trial.