Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Find more Left of Black here: https://fhi.duke.edu/programs/left-black
In 1974, the nation was gripped with the story of Joan Little, a young Black woman who, in self-defense, killed the prison guard at a Beaufort County Jail in Washington, North Carolina when he sexually assaulted her while she was in custody. It raised questions of how safe a Black woman could be with police in small, rural jails and beyond. Dr. Christina Greene, Professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal about her new book, "Free Joan Little: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence, and Imprisonment," published by @UNCPress.
Learn more about Dr. Greene here: https://africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/staff/christina-greene-department-chair/
Find her book here: uncpress.org/book/9781469671314/free-joan-little
Left of Black is a web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.
Directed and edited by Eric Barstow.
Assistant producer, Lexi Holloway.
@dukeuniversity @FranklinHumanities @FranklinCenterAtDuke @dukeuniversitysdepartmento2485 #blackscholars #blackstudies
Find more Left of Black here: https://fhi.duke.edu/programs/left-black
In 1974, the nation was gripped with the story of Joan Little, a young Black woman who, in self-defense, killed the prison guard at a Beaufort County Jail in Washington, North Carolina when he sexually assaulted her while she was in custody. It raised questions of how safe a Black woman could be with police in small, rural jails and beyond. Dr. Christina Greene, Professor in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, speaks with Dr. Mark Anthony Neal about her new book, "Free Joan Little: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence, and Imprisonment," published by @UNCPress.
Learn more about Dr. Greene here: https://africanamericanstudies.wisc.edu/staff/christina-greene-department-chair/
Find her book here: uncpress.org/book/9781469671314/free-joan-little
Left of Black is a web series featuring interviews with Black Studies scholars produced by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.
Directed and edited by Eric Barstow.
Assistant producer, Lexi Holloway.
@dukeuniversity @FranklinHumanities @FranklinCenterAtDuke @dukeuniversitysdepartmento2485 #blackscholars #blackstudies
