Monday, February 27, 2012

RACC 2012 Question 3

Briefly discuss your overall assessment of the Scottsboro Boys film and incident. Describe how whites and the state of Alabama vilified Haywood Patterson as an archetypical "Incubus”. Also explain how the Scottsboro Boys case helped expand the legal rights and civil liberties of blacks in America.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Discussion Question 2 - RACC 2012

Question 2 – RACC 2012
Identify the following organizations and the focus of their activities: ACEJ, WPC, SNYC and STJ. Comment on the Claudette Colvin incident. Give a brief assessment of your OWN opinion of the overall incident. Your statement must include: what crimes she was charged with; the name of her attorney and his legal strategy in pursuing her case; the finding and sentence of the local court. Finally explain how she ended up with the ultimate legal vindication.

Friday, February 3, 2012

RACC 2012 Blog Question 1

How courageous were Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks in trying to hold the rapists as well as the larger community accountable for their treatment of black women? Also was the black male leadership justified in using “respectability” as the basis for choosing which black women to defend in rape cases?