Defend Black Womanhood

A Black man sits and holds a sign on his lap that says "Defend Black Womanhood". In supporting Joan Little, he sits outside the couthouse where Little's trial was held, in North Carolina, in 1975.
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A supporter of Joan Little with a "Defend Black Womanhood" sign, outside of the couthouse where her trial was held. North Carolina, 1975. Photographer unknown. // Little was the first woman in US history to be acquitted using the defense that she used deadly force to resist sexual assault. Her case set off a wave of support from civil rights, feminist, and anti-death penalty movements in the mid 1970’s.