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Joan Little (pronounced "Jo Ann") (born 1953) is an African-American woman who was charged with the 1974 murder of Clarence Alligood, a white prison guard at Beaufort County Jail in Washington, North Carolina, who attempted to rape Little before she could escape. Her case became a cause célèbre of the civil rights, feminist, and anti- death ...
In 1974, Joan Little was charged with first degree murder after she stabbed a prison guard who sexually assaulted her at Beaufort County jail. Joan’s case became a national cause for prisoners’ rights advocates, feminists, people advocating against the death penalty and for racial justice. Protests about her case were widespread and global.
In 1974, Joan Little, a young, impoverished, African American woman killed her white guard in a Southern jail after he sexually assaulted her. Indicted for first degree murder and facing a death sentence if convicted, her case quickly became a national and international cause celebre.
Apr 6, 1975 · Indicted for first‐degree murder, Joan Little was placed in the women's prison in Raleigh, with bail fixed at $100,000 in addition to the earlier $15,000 bond. Her attorneys said she would state ...
Jul 29, 1975 · The prosecution, on the other hand sees Joan Little as calculating and murderous, a hardened criminal, who, with the instincts of a black widow spider, sexually enticed Mr. Alligood into her cell ...
Jan 6, 1978 · Joan Little gained national attention in 1975 when she was acquitted of murder in the death of a prison guard she claimed had tried to rape her. After the trial in Raleigh, N. C., she was returned ...
In the summer of 1974, an imprisoned 20-year-old woman named Joan Little defended herself with an ice pick against sexual assault by a white jailer and fled from a rural North Carolina jail. When she learned that the jailer had died and that she had been declared a fugitive — meaning anyone could shoot to kill her on sight — the young, destitute escapee turned herself in to authorities.
