Joan Little collection,

Joan Little collection,

This collection documents the case of Joan Little, an African-American woman from Eastern North Carolina who was tried for the capital offense of first-degree murder when she killed a jailer who had sexually assaulted her. She was acquitted of this charge, and her story became a flash point for wome...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Little, Joan (Author)
Corporate Author: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Other Authors: Oliansky, Joel (Screenwriter)
Format: Kit
Language:English
Subjects:
Dees, Morris
Little, Joan
Paul, Jerry
African American prisoners > North Carolina > History > 20th century
African American women > North Carolina > History > 20th century
Prisons and race relations > North Carolina
Trials (Murder) > North Carolina > History > 20th century
Women prisoners > North Carolina > History > 20th century
North Carolina > Race relations
North Carolina > Trials, litigation, etc

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Duke University

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Call Number: RUB Bay 2258

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