https://corenyc.org/omeka/files/original/deba6d0b95588d8e86d93de3bb70407e 82f93d045ee9141e5ac5a32f04154237 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource photo of Barbara Pliskow, Downtown CORE Subject The topic of the resource Downtown CORE Description An account of the resource This is a 1971 photo of Downtown CORE member Barbara Pliskow (dark hair, in handcuffs). In the photo she has been arrested for trying to hijack an airplane at a Detroit airport. The action was done in order to free two members of the Black Panther Party (BPP) who had been arrested for separate crimes. Pliskow was originally from Michigan. She was a psychiatrist, according the New York Times, and working in a school before she joined Downtown CORE. Arrested at the Rutgers Houses demonstration during the summer of 1963 city wide campaign against the construction industry. She spent 5 days in jail at the women’s House of Detention. She was 29 at the time. The case was taken all the way to the Supreme Court but was refused. On Sept. 24, 1971, Pliskow, in her attempt to escape arrest after her attempt to hijack the plane was discovered, threw dynamite at the officers and pulled a gun while screaming ‘We’ll all die!”. A note in her hand bag indicated her plan was to threaten to blow the plane up unless two specific members of the BPP were freed from a local jail. The action was taken on behalf of the Black Liberation Army, the underground military aspect of the BPP. Pliskow was identified in news reports as a member of the White Panther Party, a support group for the Black Panthers made up of White members. It was also reported she had previously worked as psychology instructor at Wayne State University and the daughter of a well known criminal attorney in Detroit. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BS-PHOTO-bnf-013-Barbara-Pliskow-/350727089295 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Baltimore Sun Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/24/71 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource UPI Telephoto Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Wayne County, Michigan. 9/24/71 barbara pliskow congress of racial equality core downtown core jews in the civil rights movement