Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Ron Is Still Home: J. Edgar and the Birth of US Counterterrorism
Ron Is Still Home: J. Edgar and the Birth of US Counterterrorism: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/11/05/j-edgar-and-the-birth-of-us-counterterrorism/
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http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=1656Sunday, February 9, 2020
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https://washingtonareaspark.com/2013/03/26/native-americans-take-over-bureau-of-indian-affairs-1972/Thursday, September 5, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
August 15, 1975 Joanne Little Acquitted
On August 27, 1974, Joan (Jo-Ann) Little sat in the Beaufort County
Jail in Washington, North Carolina. The petite, twenty-two year old
black woman had been incarcerated for two months while she awaited her
court date on a breaking and entering charge. That night, sixty-two year
old white jailer Clarence Alligood entered her jail cell, ice pick in
hand, intending to coerce Little into sexual acts. In an act of
self-defense, Little stabbed Alligood with the ice pick in order to
wound him and escape. Little fled as her would-be assailant bled to
death.
No stranger to the stereotypes about black women, Joan Little knew how the scene would look. Some would label her as a Jezebel and claim she was “asking for it.” Others would suggest that no respectable woman would have been in jail, or in this position, in the first place. Little hid out in the surrounding area for a little more than a week. Meanwhile, the state labeled her a fugitive and a murderer. Officials also issued a warrant for her arrest. In a scene that mirrored the manhunt of Angela Davis just two year earlier, state and federal authorities created a dragnet to capture Little. Local police arrested her on September 7th for first-degree murder. Forty-eight hours later a grand jury indicted her for murder. The following year Little would stand trial. If convicted she faced the gas chamber.
https://www.aaihs.org/free-joan-little/
No stranger to the stereotypes about black women, Joan Little knew how the scene would look. Some would label her as a Jezebel and claim she was “asking for it.” Others would suggest that no respectable woman would have been in jail, or in this position, in the first place. Little hid out in the surrounding area for a little more than a week. Meanwhile, the state labeled her a fugitive and a murderer. Officials also issued a warrant for her arrest. In a scene that mirrored the manhunt of Angela Davis just two year earlier, state and federal authorities created a dragnet to capture Little. Local police arrested her on September 7th for first-degree murder. Forty-eight hours later a grand jury indicted her for murder. The following year Little would stand trial. If convicted she faced the gas chamber.
https://www.aaihs.org/free-joan-little/
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