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Visualizing Abolition: Two Graphic Novels And A Critical Approach To Mass Incarceration For The Composition Classroom, Michael Sutcliffe

SANE journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education

This article outlines two graphic novels and an accompanying activity designed to unpack complicated intersections between racism, poverty, and (d)evolving criminal-legal policy. Over 2 million adults are held in U.S. prison facilities, and several million more are under custodial supervision, and it has become clearly unsustainable. In the last decade, there has been a shift in media conversations about criminality, yet only a few suggest decreasing our reliance upon incarceration. In meaningfully different ways, the two novels trace the development of incarceration from its roots in slavery to its contemporary anti-democratic iteration and offer an underpublicized alternative.

Critical and community …

Martin, Jerry W. (Sc 2871), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2871. “A Dark and Bloody Ground: A Synopsis of the Lives of Micajah and Wiley Harpe,” by Dr. Jerry W. Martin. The illustrated paper, the basis for a presentation to the E.Q.B. Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky, recounts the lives of Kentucky outlaws Micajah and Wiley Harpe.

A Historical Comparative Analysis Of Executions In The United States From 1608 To 2009, Emily Jean Abili

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The death penalty has been a contested issue throughout American history. The United States has been executing offenders since Jamestown became a colony in 1608 (Allen & Clubb, 2008). Since that time, many issues have been raised about the death penalty including whether or not it is moral, discriminatory, or a deterrent.

This study examines the history of executions, including lynchings, in the United States from 1608 to 2009 using a variety of sociological theories on law and society. Some of the research questions that guide this project are:

* What is the nature of change in the relative prevalence …

Street, James William, 1858-1944 (Mss 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 478. Account books and journals of James William Street, recording his activities and local events, primarily in Henderson and Lyon counties in Kentucky. He also records the 1908-1909 activities of the Night Riders in the region.

Boaz, Peggy Bradley, B. 1951 (Sc 979), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 979. Thesis titled, “The Oral Folk History Surrounding the Life of William Bernard ‘Big Six’ Henderson,” written by Peggy Bradley Boaz for Western Kentucky University’s Folk Studies Program, 1976. Also associated newspaper clippings, 1978, 1987 (2).

Ford, Bess (Sc 2664), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2664. Paper titled "Outlaws of Kentucky" by Bess Ford which examines individual outlaws from Kentucky history.

Cornette, Elmer (Sc 491), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 491. Typed copy of biographical sketches of Albert and Charles Wing of Greenville, Kentucky, written by Elmer Cornette, and a letter to Elizabeth Coombs of the Kentucky Library.

Hagerman, Henry Thomas, 1862-1935 (Sc 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 443. Legal papers setting the execution date of Jim Buckner, African American, Marion County, Kentucky, as 9 June 1911, and stay of execution by Acting Governor William Hopkinson Cox until 8 July 1911, because of the incompletion of the installation of the electrocution apparatus. Henry Thomas Hagerman, warden of Kentucky Penitentiary, Eddyville, attested to Buckner’s death.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles in this issue:

• Paul, Corey. Fights & Frenzy
• Day, Michelle. Gunfire Unconfirmed, Investigation Continues
• Hale, Marianne. Campus, Community Voice Concerns
• Timeline of Events
• Slitz, Alex. A Thousand Words – Charus Changchit
• Howerton, Christina. Enrollment Increases 2.6 Percent
• Howerton, Christina. Task Force Explores Ways to Make College Cost Less
• Gadbois, Chris. Rudeness Isn’t an Issue with Shuttle Drivers
• Bonneau-Kaya, Chrystal. Objectification of Women is Dehumanizing, Wrong
• Schwab, Edmond. Learn the Background of the Financial Troubles
• Bybee, Sarah. Please Slow Down and Watch Out for Pedestrians
• Cawthorn, Shawna. Poor Football …

Commonwealth Of Kentucky V. William P. King, Et Al. (Sc 1744), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1744. Record of trial held in Simpson County, Kentucky of William P. King, Charles Smith, Abraham Owen and seven others for the murder of Harvey King. Defendants and victim had all participated in a previous train robbery. Also includes a photocopy of The Life of King and Owen, Written by Themselves, Revised and Prepared by Rev. L. M. Horn, Explaining the Railroad Robbery and Murder of Harvey King (Louisville, Ky., 1867); and “‘A High Handed Outrage:’ The King & Owens Railroad Robbery of 1866,” a paper written …

Kentucky State Penitentiary - Deeds, 1884 (Sc 1586), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1586. Copies of fifteen deeds for land in Lyon County, Kentucky near Eddyville on which the Kentucky State Penitentiary was built.

Digitizing Criminals: Web Delivery Of A Century On The Cheap., Ellen A. Sexton, Ellen Belcher Dr.

Publications and Research

This article presents the process, challenges and lessons learned from carrying out a small digital project to create a web resource of unique historic materials related to crime in New York City. All aspects of digital project management are discussed including selection, infrastructure, budgeting, workflow and delivery. Experiences from project administration, including management of a combination in-house and outsourced digitization and metadata are discussed. Formation and management of the resulting web resource is explained, which is the product of a creative amalgamation of commercial and open source software. Challenges encountered are presented with suggestions for practical solutions and considerations …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

2007 WKU Police departmental newsletters.

Ua12/8 Departmental Update, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 2006.

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1997.

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1996.

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1995.

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1994.

Assassination In Modern America: Political Participation Through A Gun Barrel?, Richard Grossenbacher

Masters Theses

Assassination has been a constant companion of the world's societies from the beginning of recorded history. Only relatively recently have social scientists begun empirical study of these acts in an effort to reveal any commonalties and possible predictive traits. Investigation of the assassination phenomenon assumed a special urgency in America as violence seemed to escalate in the 1960s, which resulted in some notable research.

The present research collected data of presidential and non-presidential assassinations and attempts that occurred from 1969 through 1992 and compared the findings with the results of earlier studies.

The data indicate that presidential assaults increased in …

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1993.

Vol. 15 No. 4 (1992): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Contributors: Vol 15 No. 4, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 15 (1992): Pacific Studies Full Issue 4

Vol. 15 No. 4 (1992): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: A Sense Of Place, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1992 Talisman yearbook.

• Overby, Carol. Fright Fest Shows Imagination - Hilloween
• Harris, Dwain. Knighthood and Honor Thrive - Society for Creative Anachronism
• Roberts, Rita. MTV Plays that Funky Music
• Harris, Dwain. Switching Lives for a Day - Thomas Meredith, Ryan James
• Kistler, L.B. Topped with Tradition - Homecoming
• Flanagan, Mary. Beauty & Bucks - Miss Western, Jennifer Peyton
• Stevenson, Cindy. Playing the Night Away - Three Quarters
• Flanagan, Mary. It's Not a Matter of Color - Interracial Dating
• Black, Sam. Hot Winging It Into Business - David Gwiazdowski
• Edwards, Cheryl. Mortar Boards of Milestones - Commencement
• Reaching Past Boundaries - …

A Cycle Of Crisis And Violence : The Oregon State Penitentiary, 1866-1968, Joseph Willard Laythe

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis examines seven crises at the Oregon State Penitentiary between 1866 and 1968 which are symptomatic of a larger pathology of power at play at the institution. These prison crises brought the pathology of power out from behind the thick grey walls of the institution and to the eyes and ears of an uninformed public. This arousal of such attention forced the prison to re-evaluate its penal model, enact half-hearted reforms, but then resume to the institution's traditional pattern and style of punishment. This inability to address the crises or resolve the immediate problem points to a larger problem--namely …

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletter for the year 1992.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: The Western World, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1991 Talisman yearbook with the following articles:

• Wilkerson, Brian. A Welcome Home – Homecoming
• Edwards, Cheryl. Spirited Gatherings . . . Halloween Spawns Creativity
• Buckson, Robin. All Shook Up Over Nothing – New Madrid Fault
• Black, Sam. They’ve Got You Covered – Condoms
• Black, Sam. Raising the Roof – Preston Health & Activities Center
• Hardin, Billy. Student Takes Office – Jeff Goff
• Hadley, Kim. President Takes Notes – Thomas Meredith
• Hadley, Kim. STAR Light – Students Together Against Rape
• Hardin, Billy. Can We Talk? – Counseling Center
• White, Robin. A Time to Heal – Children of America / World
• Frecska, …

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletter for 1991.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Think Big, Think Red, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1990 Talisman yearbook with the following articles:

• West, Jodie. Wake Up, Western: Bemis Bids America Good Morning
• Hadley, Kim. Monster Bash – Hilloween
• Westmeier, Tracy. Individuals Versus the Law – Roe vs. Wade
• Hardin, Billy. Collection of Firsts – Homecoming
• McDonald, Denise. ‘Tis the Season – Madrigals
• Hadley, Kim. Campus Hotlines – Prank Phone Calls
• Givens, Jennifer. Land of the Lost
• Davis, Sarah. A World of Difference – Earth Day
• Hadley, Kim. For Official Use Only – WKU Seal
• Hardin, Billy. Cultural Exchange – Xiu Sun
• Hadley, Kim. Politics – Nelson Mandela, Lithuania, Manuel Noriega, China, Freedom Fighters, Eastern Europe …