Wayne Dawkins
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617032585
- eISBN:
- 9781617032592
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617032585.003.0013
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter describes an incident that took place in Howard Beach, Queens, on December 20, 1986, when three black men were attacked by white teenagers, leading to the death of one of the men, ...
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This chapter describes an incident that took place in Howard Beach, Queens, on December 20, 1986, when three black men were attacked by white teenagers, leading to the death of one of the men, twenty-three-year-old Michael Griffith. On December 22, Jon Lester, 17, Jason Ladone, 16, and Scott Kern, 17, were arrested and charged with second-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in connection with Griffith’s death. On Wednesday, January 7, 1987, the City Sun weighed in with a copyrighted cover story, “Lawyers Ask: Why So Many Missing Links?”. The paper presented interviews with lawyers Alton Maddox, who represented the beating victim, and C. Vernon Mason, who represented Timothy Grimes.Less
This chapter describes an incident that took place in Howard Beach, Queens, on December 20, 1986, when three black men were attacked by white teenagers, leading to the death of one of the men, twenty-three-year-old Michael Griffith. On December 22, Jon Lester, 17, Jason Ladone, 16, and Scott Kern, 17, were arrested and charged with second-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in connection with Griffith’s death. On Wednesday, January 7, 1987, the City Sun weighed in with a copyrighted cover story, “Lawyers Ask: Why So Many Missing Links?”. The paper presented interviews with lawyers Alton Maddox, who represented the beating victim, and C. Vernon Mason, who represented Timothy Grimes.
Wayne Dawkins
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781617032585
- eISBN:
- 9781617032592
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781617032585.003.0018
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter describes events in the first months of Mayor David N. Dinkins’s administration, among which was the black boycott led by activist Sonny Carson against Bong Jae Jang’s Red Apple green ...
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This chapter describes events in the first months of Mayor David N. Dinkins’s administration, among which was the black boycott led by activist Sonny Carson against Bong Jae Jang’s Red Apple green grocer store in Brooklyn. The boycott was sparked by a Haitian immigrant woman’s accusation that Jang and his employees assaulted her for allegedly stealing. Other events include the stigma faced by Haitian immigrants; the suspension of Alton Maddox, Tawana Brawley’s attorney, from practicing law in the state; Nelson Mandela’s arrival in New York City; and a strike at the New York Daily News.Less
This chapter describes events in the first months of Mayor David N. Dinkins’s administration, among which was the black boycott led by activist Sonny Carson against Bong Jae Jang’s Red Apple green grocer store in Brooklyn. The boycott was sparked by a Haitian immigrant woman’s accusation that Jang and his employees assaulted her for allegedly stealing. Other events include the stigma faced by Haitian immigrants; the suspension of Alton Maddox, Tawana Brawley’s attorney, from practicing law in the state; Nelson Mandela’s arrival in New York City; and a strike at the New York Daily News.
