How did Kamara James, at 29, wind up mysteriously deceased in her U.S. apartment...with her last years on Earth clouded by mental illness, presumed schizophrenia, poverty and homelessness?
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Afrikka Hardy, 3 Other Identified Black Women and 3 Jane Does Found Dead in Gary, IN
A scary nightmare of ongoing violence against Black women has come to the surface in Indiana.
On the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom losses of life, and Vanessa Coleman’s impending parole*
*Since the time of this writing, Tennessee courts have upheld the decision to keep all offenders involved in this tragedy behind bars, including the female accomplice who was up for parole this December. Vanessa Coleman's parole was DENIED. Among the reasons for denial were a "depreciation" of the seriousness of what took place in a … Continue reading On the Channon Christian and Chris Newsom losses of life, and Vanessa Coleman’s impending parole*
Are You a Joyce Vincent?
I A definitive 21st Century Western biography concerns a Black female Londonder who passed away in her government-subsidized bedsit/SRO flat in 2003, at a time she was wrapping Christmas presents and writing Christmas cards—and she remained in there, seated on her couch, putrefying and finally skeletizing, for the next three years. In 2006, a government agency kicked in … Continue reading Are You a Joyce Vincent?
The People Like Us Who Live in Places Like This*
6-month old Jonylah Watkins, shot to death 5 times in Chicago, March 11, 2013 My mind hadn't really caught up, yet. If not for my new early evening coffee habit, I still might not know that the 6-month old child who was shot to death in a Chicago drive-by suffered her fatal injuries right around the … Continue reading The People Like Us Who Live in Places Like This*
Women Should Tell Women’s Stories: on the films of the capital punishments of Wanda Jean Allen and Aileen Wuornos
In 2002, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus was forced to end her documentary on the last three months of Oklahoman Wanda Jean Allen, a twice-convicted murderer. Allen was the sixth woman put to death in the United States after the 1977 reinstatement of the death penalty. The Execution of Wanda Jean depicts the frantic and pathetic clemency pursuit in the Bible … Continue reading Women Should Tell Women’s Stories: on the films of the capital punishments of Wanda Jean Allen and Aileen Wuornos
In Search of Our Daughters’ Gardens: A Meditation on Hadiya Pendleton’s Life*
She was 15. She was an honors student. The shooter remains at large. Her parents live in shock. Her school is in silent mourning. Residents of Chicago are outraged. A nation is unaware.
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