Frankye Adams Johnson Correspondence Collection

Item set

Title
Frankye Adams Johnson Correspondence Collection
Subject
Black Power
Black Panther Party
Black lives and liberation
Family
Islam
Prisoners
Poetry
Education
Black Muslims
Description
This collection contains 161 pieces of correspondence in various sizes and conditions written at various dates by multiple authors. Many of the letters are written to Frankye Adams-Johnson by her husband, Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, who was incarcerated at the time of the correspondence. There are also letters to and from other people within the movement as well as letters to and from unknown authors. Within the correspondence are items like meeting agendas; original poetry; business dealings; a complaint against the NYPD; and much more. Major themes throughout the correspondence are the Black Panther Party; Islam; law enforcement; incarceration; prison; the freedom struggle; Black Power; liberation; family; Africa; political prisoners; love; revolution; politics; justice; and more.
Identifier
mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.cor
Rights
All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Publisher
Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University
Source
The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Provenance
Frankye Adams-Johnson
Is Part Of
Frankye Adams-Johnson pictureFrankye Adams-Johnson Black Panther Party Collection, ca. 1975-1995

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  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0075Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 27
    Good. 8.5"x11" 2 pages. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0074Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 26
    Good. 8.5"x11" 1 page. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0073Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 25
    Fragile. 8.5"x14" 1 page. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0071Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 24
    Good. 5.5"x8.125" 2 Pages. A Mother's Day card from Ashanti to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0069Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 23
    Good. 8.5"x11" 2 pages. A letter from Ashanti Alston to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0067Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 22
    Good. 5"x7" 2 pages. A photograph from Ashanti Alston to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) with a handwritten note on the back.
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0064Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 21
    Fair. 8"x12.5" 3 pages. A letter to "Dear Friend and Comrade" from Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0062Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 20
    Fair. 8"x10.5" 2 pages. A letter from Walid to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0061Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 19
    Fair. 8"x10.5" 1 page. A letter from Sundiata to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0059Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 18
    Fair. 8.5"x11" 2 pages. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0058Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 17
    Fair. 8.5"x11" 1 page. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0054Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 16
    Fair. 8"x10.5" 4 pages. A letter from Brother Valdez to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • mwchcac.ar.2022.faj0051Frankye Adams Johnson Letter 15
    Fair. 8"x10.5" 3 pages. A letter from Brother Valdez to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • Frankye Adams-Johnson
    Frankye Adams-Johnson was born in Pocahontas, Mississippi to a family of sharecroppers. As a teenager in Jackson, Mississippi, she participated in the NAACP, COFO, and SNCC as a youth organizer and was heavily involved in the Jackson civil rights movement in 1963. In 1964, she enrolled at Tougaloo College where she continued to be involved in civil rights demonstrations. After moving to New York in 1967, she co-organized the White Plains branch of the Black Panther Party. Adams-Johnson became a college professor in the 1980s, and returned to Jackson from New York in 1999, where she began work as an adjunct professor at Jackson State University in 1999. She became a full-time professor in 2003 until retiring in 2014.
  • Letter 14, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 14
    Fair. 8"x10.5" 3 pages. A letter from Brother Valdez to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika).
  • Letter 13, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 13
    Fragile. 8"x12.5" 7 pages. A letter from Samuel Brown to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika).
  • Letter 12, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 12
    Excellent. 4.5"x5.5" 1 page. A card from Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to her husband (Nuh Abdul Qaiyum)
  • Letter 11, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 11
    Fair. 7.75"x11" 1 Page. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson.
  • Letter 10, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 10
    Fragile. 8"x12.5" 1 page. A note from from Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum. The note outlines some points to a conversation she wants to have with him.
  • Letter 9, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 9
    Fair. 8"x12.5" 8 pages. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika).
  • Letter 8, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 8
    Fragile. 8"x12.5" 6 pages. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika).
  • Letter 7, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 7
    Fair. 8"x3.5" 5 pages. A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika). Page 5 is a scrap piece of paper with a short poem about love.
  • Letter 6, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 6
    Fair. 7"x4.5" 2 pages. A postcard from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)
  • Letter 5, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 5
    Fragile. 8"x12.25" 4 pages. A letter from Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to her husband (Nuh Abdul Qaiyum).
  • Letter 4, page 1Frankye Adams-Johnson Letter 4
    Fair. 6"x9.5" 4 pages. A letter from Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to her husband (Nuh Abdul Qaiyum).