Author : Lela Bond Phillips
Publisher : Wings Pub Llc
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781930897076
"This is the story of the first and only woman to be legally executed in the state of Georgia's electric chair. Nearly sixty years after her death, Lena Baker is not forgotten. The small picture hanging in the execution chamber of the Georgia State Prison is a reminder of the persistant question "is justice being served?" --Cover, p. 4.
Author : Stephen Peace
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 2019-04-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781095208144
This is the story of the trial of Lena Baker; the only woman executed by electrocution in the State of GA. In 1944 Lena was a forty-four year old black woman in Cuthbert, GA who was supposedly having an affair with Earnest Knight, a 67 year old white man. The jury was comprised of all white men. The jury deliberated for thirty minutes and found her guilty. There were no objections made at her trial and it was never established what kind of gun was used or who it actually belonged to. She should have probably been found guilty of manslaughter and gotten fifteen years. But because she had killed a white man, and not even a very honorable white man, she was given the death sentence. In a trial the very next day and at the same courthouse, but involving two black men with one killing the other with an ax, the man was tried and found guilty of manslaughter.
Author : Stephen Peace
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 2018-01-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781976851759
This is the story of the jury deliberations of Lena Baker; the only woman executed by electrocution in the State of GA. In 1944 Lena was a forty-four year old black woman in Cutherbert, GA who was supposedly having an affair with Earnest C. Knight, a 67 year old white man. After a night of drinking in Earnest Knight's grist mill Lena shot Knight in the side of the head. She said that they had "tusseled" for the gun and she got it away from him. She said he then went toward the side slide door where a piece of iron was located. She was afraid for her life and she shot him. Everyone who testified at her trial was a white male. The jury was also comprised of all white men. The jury deliberated for thirty minutes and found her guilty. There were no objections made at her trial and it was never established what kind of gun was used or who it actually belonged to. She should have probably been found guilty of manslaughter and gotten fifteen years. But because she had killed a white man, and not even a very honorable white man, she was given the death sentence. In a trial the very next day and at the same courthouse, but involving two black men with one killing the other with an ax, the man was tried and found guilty of manslaughter.In August 2005 Lena was given a posthumous pardon by the State of Georgia Pardons & Parole Board. They stated that she had not received a fair trial and should have at the maximum been tried for manslaughter. In 1944 her sin was having an affair with a white man and killing him.This play covers the trial transcript, which has been altered and dramatized, and the "hypothetical" jury deliberations. Because there are so many white men involved in the trial both in testifying and in the deliberations, only four white men are used in the cast. They are double and triple cast in the parts. In the first act the Prosecutor and Defense Attorney are not double cast. During the trial sequence Lena Baker sits on stage alone. Lena is forty-four years old, wears a head scarf, wire rimmed glasses and has a dip of snuff evident in her lower lip. She makes a statement on her behalf, which according to State Law of the time she did not have to swear to or could not be cross-examined on. She was electrocuted in 1945. Her grave in a small Baptist cemetery was unmarked until 2004 for fear of repercussions and racial tensions.
Author : Pero G. Dagbovie
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1786632020
The past and future of Black history In this information-overloaded twenty-first century, it seems impossible to fully discern or explain how we know about the past. But two things are certain. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we all think historically on a routine basis. And our perceptions of history, including African American history, have not necessarily been shaped by professional historians. In this wide-reaching and timely book, Pero Gaglo Dagbovie argues that public knowledge and understanding of black history, including its historical icons, has been shaped by institutions and individuals outside academic ivory towers. Drawing on a range of compelling examples, Dagbovie explores how, in the twenty-first century, African American history is regarded, depicted, and juggled by diverse and contesting interpreters—from museum curators to filmmakers, entertainers, politicians, journalists, and bloggers. Underscoring the ubiquitous nature of African-American history in contemporary American thought and culture, each chapter unpacks how black history has been represented and remembered primarily during the “Age of Obama,” the so-called era of “post-racial” American society. Reclaiming the Black Past is Dagbovie's contribution to expanding how we understand African American history during the new millennium.
Author : Savannah Rain
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1479758604
Shattered Family Shattered Family is the true story of both a direct and extended family and others impacted by a number of real-life sociopath and/or sociopath type predators/abusers. This book describes such predators thought patterns (what is known of them), behaviors, scams, plots and various abuses in detailed form as well as the typical personality traits of both the predators and their victims. Some of this book is presented in journal or memoir form while other portions are in essay and list form. This book is a great asset for victims, support persons for victims, family members and others. This is particularly true since Shattered Family describes forms of abuse most would not be able to comprehend exist, such as the sociopaths predators ability to successfully use law enforcement and others in authority to abuse his victims and exercise complete control over his victim(s) life/lives. This book additionally offers a long real-life movie list as visual aid support. A must read for victims and those who wish to help victims of the sociopath and/or sociopath type abuser. Some Reviews: This is a rare book of raw scalding material regarding an unknown reality of abuse and the abuse cycle that occurs within what Savannah Rain refers to as the Inner-circle. This honestly IS a must read book. G.Y. An imperfect person, as we all are, writes the truth as it truly is. The unheard of yet very real behaviors of sociopaths and what they do behind the scenes. Victims check out this book and see that you are not alone. T.J. Finally! Someone has the guts to tell it like it is! I previewed this book and recommend it for all adults in societies all over the world. The get a clue wake up call is finally here. J.M. A raw book with no sugar coating for the victims of sociopaths. An unusually intuitive directly honest author setting the record straight for many victims of predators who heartlessly commit similar abuses every day. K.R. Its really not the Twilight Zone. These predators do this stuff. Wake up America and smell the garbage so many ignorant and uncaring minions are supporting. Savannah Rain spells it out in graphic detail that is sometimes hard to read and Im sure impossible to believe unless youve lived it and some of us have. So we know it is horrifyingly real. I recommend this book to victims and professionals who come into contact with victims in the worst ongoing moments of those victims lives. What I may have been spared if Id read this book many years ago. Survivor, no name for the public. I have previewed Rains book and found it to be enlightening and scary. I will be keeping my eyes and ears open for the signs and evaluating my life a little more carefully now. Some things have happened to me, in my relationship that never happened before in my 35 years in this world. I thought may have him manipulating things because of what I was told by others. Now I am more sure. No rash moves, but I am thinking about what I have been through, seen and heard. By J.M. This book is a double fisted sucker punch-out that never stops hitting and hitting home with every page. The harsh reality of the life of a sociopaths victim profoundly described. C.H. yay! Kudos to you for reaching out with the truth! if EVERYONE knew about narcissism and sociopaths they would avoid them and maybe the world would be rid of them! By Kat
Author : Sharkie Lornee' D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1479777897
The Bad Guy Club The Bad Guy Club is a rated PG parental preview prior to child reading the material and parental guidance needed book depicting issues relating to abuse by police, social workers and others in positions of power and authority. This book was inspired by personal experiences as well as many true-life stories. Some of the true-life stories are listed within this book as recommended visual aids for additional parental education. Parents facing issues of authoritarian abuse are advised to embark upon additional research and also advised to contact groups such as VOCAL as well as other groups linked to VOCAL. The material in this book is strongly controversial and not appropriate for all readers.
Author : Steven Chermak Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1225 pages
File Size : 32,92 MB
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1610695941
This multivolume resource is the most extensive reference of its kind, offering a comprehensive summary of the misdeeds, perpetrators, and victims involved in the most memorable crime events in American history. This unique reference features the most famous crimes and trials in the United States since colonial times. Three comprehensive volumes focus on the most notorious and historically significant crimes that have influenced America's justice system, including the life and wrongdoing of Lizzie Borden, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the killing spree and execution of Ted Bundy, and the Columbine High School shootings. Organized by case, the work includes a chronology of major unlawful deeds, fascinating primary source documents, dozens of sidebars with case trivia and little-known facts, and an overview of crimes that have shaped criminal justice in the United States over several centuries. Each of the 500 entries provides information about the crime, the perpetrators, and those affected by the misconduct, along with a short bibliography to extend learning opportunities. The set addresses a breadth of famous trials across American history, including the Salem witch trials, the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the prosecution of O. J. Simpson.
Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1603449469
Throughout the South, black women were crucial to the Civil Rights Movement, serving as grassroots and organizational leaders. They protested, participated, sat in, mobilized, created, energized, led particular efforts, and served as bridge builders to the rest of the community. Ignored at the time by white politicians and the media alike, with few exceptions they worked behind the scenes to effect the changes all in the movement sought. Until relatively recently, historians, too, have largely ignored their efforts. Although African American women mobili.
Author : Hilary Horder Hippely
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,12 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442429468
As Lena helps her grandmother make apple strudel, the woman tells her a story about her childhood in Hungary. One day, she and a friend are approached by a wandering beggar. They race to the house, frightened, but Mother decides that the man should have some of their just-made strudel. He repays their kindness by playing sweet, sad music on his violin. Each year he returns, has his piece of strudel, and plays, until finally one season the harvest comes, but the beggar does not. Father says that "Perhaps our friend isn't hungry anymore." He tells the children to listen closely, and they hear the wanderer's music in the sounds of the country night. A recipe for strudel is included.
Author : Tina Baker
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1782837035
'Dark, heartbreaking and totally absorbing' - LORRAINE KELLY 'Brilliantly written and emotionally compulsive' - HARRIET TYCE 'A powerful and thought-provoking page turner' - KATERINA DIAMOND CALL ME MUMMY. IT'LL BE BETTER IF YOU DO. Glamorous, beautiful Mummy has everything a woman could want. Except for a daughter of her very own. So when she sees Kim - heavily pregnant, glued to her phone and ignoring her eldest child in a busy shop - she does what anyone would do. She takes her. But foul-mouthed little Tonya is not the daughter that Mummy was hoping for. As Tonya fiercely resists Mummy's attempts to make her into the perfect child, Kim is demonised by the media as a 'scummy mummy', who deserves to have her other children taken too. Haunted by memories of her own childhood and refusing to play by the media's rules, Kim begins to spiral, turning on those who love her. Though they are worlds apart, Mummy and Kim have more in common than they could possibly imagine. But it is five-year-old Tonya who is caught in the middle... ________________________________________ *** A NETGALLEY BOOK OF THE MONTH *** 'Disturbing and distinctive, this is a book I couldn't put down' - AMANDA JENNINGS 'Tense and gripping, these characters will stay with me' - ALICE CLARK-PLATTS 'Psychologically twisty and utterly gripping' - LISA HALL
