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Judge Bruce Wright on racism
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: PM 428Format: Cass A & BProducers: Konnections, Commitee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Introduction by Nancy Kurshan and preliminary comments by Jose Lopez. Lecture by Bruce Wright, judge, scholar, poet and activist for social justice. Using his own experience as a Black man, he describes the history of US racism and the criminal justice system.
Transcript available for download: http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.wright.speech.bangs.whispers.1989.pdf
Conversation with Carl Reverts with the Environmental Prostection Agency in Washington DC
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: Meeting Minutes and NotesCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Includes handwritten notation. Mislabeled as December 12, 1990. Confirmed date with Nancy Kurshan as 12/12/1989.
Letter to Friends Regarding Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter informing members of CEML activities. Includes report on 11/4/1989 conference.
Toxins on Tap?
The Progressive p. 24-25. General and medical information on Crab Orchard toxic water at Marion.
Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for conference. Includes information on keynote speaker Judge Bruce Wright and list of workshops.
Report on the November 4, 1989 Conference Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of the Lockdown at Marion
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter informing members of CEML activities. Includes report on 11/4/1989 conference.
Letter requesting Contributions and Informing Members of Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Regarding 11/4/1989 conference.
Congress Gets a Close Look at Marion
Publisher: Southern IllinoisianYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Clipping of 5/18/1989 article on Rep. Kastenmeier's visit to Marion, and the surrounding controversy regarding Crab Orchard Wildlife Reserve
Bangs and Whispers
Speech delivered by Judge Bruce Wright on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the Marion Lockdown.
US EPA Proposes Cleanup Action
Publisher: United State Environmental Protection AgencyYear: 1989Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of August 1989 proposal to correct contamination problems at the Crab Orchard National wildlife Refuge.