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Campaign leaflet for the release of Claudia Jones, black freedom fighter, during her incarceration in the Jimcrow federal women's prison at Alderson, West Virginia. She was sentenced under the Smith Act on 11 January 1955 to serve a year and a day, resulting in further damage to her health, a factor that contributed to her early death at the age of 39. Copyright held by donor

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Image type:	Copy Print
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Ref:	20340
Identifier:	SPd 5098
Date:	1955

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