I spent some time this week with NAACP officials analyzing the Georgia Prison Strike that occurred last month. The fallout has been unbelievable, as some of the inmates were reportedly beaten with hammers for choosing to participate in the work stoppage. One of the inmates allegedly has brain damage and is in a wheelchair as […]
Nina Simone called it way back in 1964 with her unflinching civil rights anthem, Mississippi Goddam. Apparently, not much has changed since. Today, almost 50 years later, Jamie and Gladys Scott sit in a Mississippi prison, sentenced to double consecutive life sentences for a crime they have steadfastly denied committing. Neither had any previous […]
