- Collection:
- Greensboro Voices: Voicing Observations in Civil Rights and Equality struggles
- Title:
- Something Stinks in Justice Department
- Publisher:
- Greensboro, N.C. : Greensboro College (N.C.)
- Date of Original:
- 1972-10-05
- Subject:
- Segregation in education--United States
Race relations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
- Medium:
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This October 5, 1972 op-ed article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, points out the differential treatment of US soldiers between a convicted white murderer and an arrested black defendant in Vietnam. Private Billy Smith (a 24 year-old black G.I.) was arrested in connection with the murders of two officers. The article notes that only circumstantial evidence against Smith, who was subjected to solitary confinement for nearly fourteen months. The author contrasts Smith's treatment with that of a white man (Lt. William Calley) convicted of twenty-two murders, but was allowed to live in a four bedroom house and had full visitation rights.
- Metadata URL:
- http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilRights/id/32
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
- Extent:
- 9.3" x 4.2"
- Original Collection:
- CRG
Collegian (Civil Rights Clippings) - Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries
- Rights:
-
