United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Central City Park, 33.622302, -84.379657United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Woodruff Park, 33.75566, -84.38854Lewis, Boyd, 1944-1975View of unidentified protesters participating in the Atlanta Coalition to Aid Joan Little rally in Central City Park (now Woodruff Park) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.Joan Little (1953- ) is an African American woman who was accused of killing a white prison guard in a Beaufort County jail in Washington, North Carolina in 1974. The first degree murder charge carried an automatic death sentence if she were convicted. Little contended that she was resisting sexual assault and her trial attracted the national attention of civil rights activists, feminist groups, prisoners' rights advocates and anti-death penalty activists. Little was ultimately acquitted of the crime.image/jpegVIS 101.457.002ahc101457002.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterPublic speaking--Georgia--AtlantaPrison reformActivists--Georgia--AtlantaFeminists--Georgia--AtlantaParks--Georgia--AtlantaWomen--1970-1980African Americans--1970-1980Musical instruments--Georgia--AtlantaBanners--Georgia--AtlantaSigns (Notices)--Georgia--AtlantaJoan Little Protest, circa 1975StillImage