Alan Bean (activist)

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Alan Bean a mild mannered white former minister working to uncover injustice and organize black opposition, in the racial controversies surrounding the Tulia 46 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nate Blakeslee. Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-58648-454-0. 
  2. ^ Tulia Travesty Covered Up By Texas Prosecutors and Courts. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  3. ^ NPR: Relentless Activist Digs into Racial Controversies
  4. ^ www.kansascity.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  5. ^ New Organizing Strategy « Friends of Justice

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