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Candidate's Slaying Shocks County: Motive Sought in Apparent Assassination of Indian Seek Judgeship

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Record Number: 
1220
Citation: 

Rezendes, Michael. “Candidate’s Slaying Shocks County: Motive Sought in Apparent Assassination of Indian Seeking Judgeship.” Washington Post 28 Mar. 1988: A3.

Annotation: 

Many Robeson Countians initially suspected Pierce’s murder was related to his promising campaign for a newly created judgeship.

First Appeared in 1994 Book?: 
no
Category Tags: 
Activism since the late 1980s
Publication Type: 
Newspaper Article