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Reformers Using Little To Further Own Causes
A year after Joan Little faced a murder charge in North Carolina, a cadre of lawyers branded as new abolitionists steered her defense. They moved venue, argued bigotry, and used media to frame her as a racial and feminist symbol while the state’s case faltered. After 25 days, the jury acquitted her in 80 minutes on the first ballot.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Joan Little
Clarence Alligood
Miss Little
Alligood
The
Welkin
Jerry Paul
Durham
N.C
Beaufort County
Washington
Raleigh
Paul
Morris Dees
Hamilton Hobgood
Hobgood
Alice
Dees
William Kuntsler
Willis Peachey
Peachey
Miss Little Innocent