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flamin lib

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8. Yeah but, one day in jail and killed on release.

Reply to samnsara (Reply #6)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 08:50 PM

Sep 2020

Nobody prosecuted.

There is Justice and there is the Law. They don't always coincide which may be why he only spent one day in jail. Down home law is like that . . .

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I read that somewhere. CousinIT Sep 2020 #1

Detailed in her earliest most famous writings - I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing tulipsandroses Sep 2020 #2

I grew up in Utah. We were lucky if they gave us anything to read. Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #5

yes - can't remember when we read it Chili Sep 2020 #10

It's why she titled her memoir, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings." GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #3

I loved her work... Trueblue Texan Sep 2020 #12

I wasn't aware, either. The depth of violence and trauma is soul-crushing. Guilded Lilly Sep 2020 #4

I am so glad they believed her... samnsara Sep 2020 #6

Yeah but, one day in jail and killed on release. flamin lib Sep 2020 #8

I remember this from... skypilot Sep 2020 #7

My students and I read her bio and knew about that over 20 years ago. ancianita Sep 2020 #9

okay Chili Sep 2020 #16

Happy to read this. ancianita Sep 2020 #17

yes she is Chili Sep 2020 #19

Thank you for this. Would you post it as its own OP. I think it would be very pertinent and niyad Sep 2020 #23

Thanks, I just did. Because when I thought about this from so long ago, I realized how important ancianita Sep 2020 #27

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"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Warpy Sep 2020 #13

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Jinx! Warpy Sep 2020 #15

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what a great story! Chili Sep 2020 #21

Oh yeah, I cherish it! Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #24

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Thank you, ancianita. I've goosebumps feeling how you enjoyed it! Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #25

Oh, I love how people experience greatness before its time, and then retell it to us. ancianita Sep 2020 #28

Howard Zinn?!? Wow, never thought of it as history but precious memory. Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #29

Thank you, DI, for reminding us how great is the soul and wisdom of Maya Angelou. ancianita Sep 2020 #20

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oh how horrific demtenjeep Sep 2020 #30