Daily Archives: January 14, 2011

California Newsreel: Online Preview of AT THE RIVER I STAND

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Free Online Preview of AT THE RIVER I STAND

Free Online Preview of AT THE RIVER I STAND

At the River I Stand chronicles the tumultuous events that unfolded over two fateful months in 1968. It began as a local strike by African American sanitation workers for human dignity and a living wage. The story eventually captured national attention and drew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, along with the assassin who would kill him. The results marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and the national struggle for racial and economic justice.

“An excellent film on the movement which drew Martin Luther King to Memphis and his death. It reveals how the black and labor movements both win by struggling together!”
Julian Bond, Chair, NAACP

Woman, 80, convicted of $8,900 Calif. jewel theft

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Woman, 80, convicted of $8,900 Calif. jewel theft

Woman, 80, convicted of $8,900 Calif. jewel theft

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An 80-year-old woman who claims to be an international jewel thief with a five-decade career has been convicted of stealing an $8,900 ring from a San Diego store.

Doris Payne, of Long Beach, was found guilty Wednesday of burglary and grand theft. She could face more than 5½ years in prison.

Prosecutors say Payne walked away with the diamond ring from a Macy’s jewelry counter last year and told authorities she sold it.

Her attorney denied that Payne was the thief seen in store video.

Payne, who was born in West Virginia, has been jailed in several states. She claims to have shoplifted jewelry from New York to Monte Carlo.

The San Diego Union-Tribune says a documentary of her life is being made.

GANGTA!

via The Grio