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• Author/Creator:Roraback, Catherine, 1920-2007.
  
• Title:Catherine Roraback Collection of Ericka Huggins Papers, 1929-2000 (bulk 1969-1971).
  
• Physical Description:3.67 linear feet (10 boxes)
  
• Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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  • Call Number: JWJ MSS 96
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: Boxes 1-9
    

   
• Notes:In English.
  Purchased from Bolerium Books on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2012.
  
• Organization:Organized into three series: I. Ericka Huggins Trial Proceedings, 1961-2000. II. Correspondence, 1969-1972. III. Personal Papers, 1969-1975.
  
• Access and use:This material is open for research. Box 10 Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
• Biographical / Historical note:Catherine Roraback (1920-2007) was a Connecticut civil rights attorney who served as the lead defense counsel for Ericka Huggins during her trial for kidnapping and murder.
  Ericka Huggins (1948- ) and Bobby Seale (1936-), political activists and members of the Black Panther Party, faced charges that stemmed from the kidnapping and murder of Alex Rackley in 1969. The New Haven Black Panther Party trial, lasted from 1970 October - 1971 May and ended in a mistrial and dismissal of all charges.
  
• Summary:The collection consists of papers compiled by Catherine Roraback during the New Haven trial of Black Panther leader Ericka Huggins, including Huggins' prison writings, legal files, and other documentation of the trial and Huggins' imprisonment.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
  
• Cite as:Catherine Roraback Collection of Ericka Huggins Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Huggins, Ericka.
  Roraback, Catherine, 1920-2007.
  Black Panther Party.
  African American political activists.
  African Americans--Connecticut--New Haven.
  Black militant organizations--Connecticut--New Haven.
  Black power--Connecticut--New Haven.
  Lawyers--United States.
  Political activists--United States.
  Trials (Conspiracy)--Connecticut--New Haven.
  Trials (Kidnapping)--Connecticut--New Haven.
  Trials (Murder)--Connecticut--New Haven.
  New Haven (Conn.)--Race relations.
  
• Occupation:Lawyers United States 20th century.
  Political activists United States 20th century.
  
• Also listed under:Huggins, Ericka.