HTN SPONSORED BUSINESSES
DONATE TO KEEP THE MOVEMENT GOING
Qadry Suleiman's Album: Wall Photos
On this day in 1975, North Carolina-native Joan Little was acquitted of killing a White prison guard.
But here's the thing, Little did indeed kill Clarence Alligood with a pick axe, after he raped her.
As NewsOne reports:
"Alligood was found dead in Little's cell with in the wee morning hours of August 27, 1974, Alligood, married for over four decades, was discovered naked and half-nude in Little’s cell. The guard was stabbed 11 times and naked from the waist down.
"Alligood was stabbed in the temple and chest, and semen was found on his left leg as his body clutched the pick. His keys were missing, which Little used to escape. The ice pick was a favored tool of guards in the prison for doing miscellaneous clean up jobs, so it is assumed Little walked freely in the facility at some point before the murder."
With Angela Davis, Dick Gregory, Julian Bond, and the Black community behind her, Little would be acquitted with jurors deliberating a little over an hour and coming to the conclusion that she -- not Alligood -- was the victim.
Can you imagine that Little would have a fairer trial in 1975 than Trayvon Martin would have in 2013?
Can you also imagine that our community would rally around a Black woman more in 1975 than a music mogul would have the sense to do with Harriet Tubman in 2013?
The irony.
No Stickers to Show