OHYMSS2015.xml Guide to the Cheryl James Defense Committee records 1971-1973 Cheryl James Defense Committee records Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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Cheryl James Defense Committee records Cheryl James Defense Committee Mss 2015 0.17 cubic feet 3 folders in shared box 1971-1973 Cheryl Dawn James was an 18-year-old African-American woman from Portland, Oregon. In 1971, she was convicted of assaulting an FBI agent who came to the James' residence to arrest her brother, Charles T. James Jr., who was absent without leave from the Navy. Collection includes correspondence, financial records, news clippings and ephemera regarding the case and the work of the Cheryl James Defense Committee Fund. English

Collection is open for research.

Lib. Acc. 11201.

Cheryl Dawn James was an 18-year-old African-American woman from Portland, Oregon. In 1971, she was convicted of assaulting an FBI agent who came to the James' residence to arrest her brother, Charles T. James Jr., who was absent without leave from the Navy.

Cheryl James Defense Committee records, Mss 2015, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Vertical File: Biography - James, Cheryl Dawn, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection includes correspondence, financial records, news clippings and ephemera regarding the case of Cheryl Dawn James and the work of the Cheryl James Defense Committee Fund. Most of the letters were written by Arthur Champlin Spencer III.

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James, Cheryl Dawn: Legal case, 1971-1973. Published in Portland, Oregon, 1973.

 James, Cheryl D. Cheryl James Defense Committee--Records and correspondence United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland (Or.)--Race relations Portland (Or.)--Social conditions African Americans--Oregon--Portland Women prisoners--Oregon African Americans Portland clippings (information artifacts) correspondence financial records printed ephemera Spencer, Arthur Champlin, 1938-