Alan Bean (activist) explained
Alan Bean is a white former minister working to uncover injustice and organize black opposition, in the racial controversies surrounding the Tulia 47 drug sting[1] [2] in Tulia, Texas and the Jena Six controversy in Jena, Louisiana.[3] [4] In 1999, Dr. Alan Bean founded the organization, Friends of Justice, an alliance of community members to advocate for criminal justice reform.[5]
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Notes and References
- Book: Nate Blakeslee. Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town. 12 September 2006. PublicAffairs. New York. 1-58648-454-0.
- Web site: Tulia Travesty Covered Up By Texas Prosecutors and Courts. 5 January 2008.
- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17869393 NPR: Relentless Activist Digs into Racial Controversies
- Web site: Jena 6 case caught up in whirlwind of distortion, opportunism . kansascity.com . 29 September 2007 . 5 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071215010934/http://www.kansascity.com/sports/columnists/jason_whitlock/story/296701.html . 15 December 2007 . live .
- Web site: New Organizing Strategy « Friends of Justice . 5 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071224204018/http://friendsofjustice.wordpress.com/our-solution/new-organizing-strategy/ . 24 December 2007 . dead .