# Joan Little
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joan little (pronounced "Jo Ann") (born 1953) is an African-American woman whose trial for the 1974 murder of Clarence Alligood, a white prison guard at Beaufort County Jail in Washington, North Carolina, became a cause célèbre of the civil rights, feminist, and anti-death penalty movements. Little was the first woman in United States history to be acquitted using the defense that she used deadly force to resist sexual assault. Her case also has become classic in legal circles as a pioneering instance of the application of scientific jury selection.
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State of North Carolina v. Joan Little
When Karen Bethea-Shields was in college, she heard a judge say, “No way in the world a Black woman can get raped.” A few years later, in 1975, she helped successfully defend Joan Little—a Black woman—who became the first woman in the U.S. to be found not guilty of murder using the defense that she…
The "Littlest" Civil Rights Figure was a Cop Killer
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In 1974, 20-year-old Joan Little was jailed in North Carolina when she claimed a white jailer sexually assaulted her at knifepoint. Little fought back, killing the jailer and escaping custody. What followed became one of the most significant trials of the Civil Rights era, drawing …
JAIL CELL JUSTICE__ Evil Guard Gets More Than He Bargained For _ Joan Little
A 62-year-old white jailer is found dead with an ice pick through his heart, and a young Black woman has fled the North Carolina lockup [citation:2][citation:3]. Prosecutors argued she lured him in for sex to escape, but Joan Little told a different story—one of sexual assault and self-defense at k…
No Data Centers in Oakland. Then, ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves. Plus, Free Joan Little Film
On todays show, we will speak to Aditi Varshneya about AI “activation zones” and Data Centers in downtown Oakland. Then ICE wants a new toy and looks like they are getting them – electric shock gloves are on the menu – we will speak to Mother Jones reporter Sophie Hurwitz and finally we will speak …
JAIL CELL JUSTICE__ Evil Guard Gets More Than He Bargained For _ Joan Little
In the summer of 1974, a 62-year-old white jailer was found stabbed to death in the women's cell of a rural North Carolina jail. The prime suspect was 20-year-old Joan Little, who had fled the scene. Little, who was poor and Black, had been serving time for breaking and entering. She surrendered a …
State of North Carolina v. Joan Little
When Karen Bethea-Shields was in college, she heard a judge say, “No way in the world a Black woman can get raped.” A few years later, in 1975, she helped successfully defend Joan Little—a Black woman—who became the first woman in the U.S. to be found not guilty of murder using the defense that she…
FREE JOAN LITTLE: Yoruba Richen on Joan Little, Rosa Parks & America’s Forgotten History
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen joins Omelas to discuss her newest film, FREE JOAN LITTLE, and the extraordinary story behind one of the most significant criminal trials of the 1970s.
Joan Little was a young Black woman incarcerated in North Carolina who was charged with murder a…
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