2023 Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series

Promotional email for Maine\u27s Path to Inclusion and Equity: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead. The 2023 Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker is Rachel Talbot Ross, a highly respected, Maine-based Civil Rights advocate and leader. Talbot Ross is the first Black woman to serve in the Maine Legislature, and has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since December 2022, making her the highest ranking African-American politician in Maine history

The Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series Flyer_2021

Flyer for the inauguration of The Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series featuring Fighting Times coauthors Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper

Felony Murder and Capital Punishment: an Examination of the Deterrence Question

A proper test of the deterrent effect of the death penalty must consider capital homicides. However, the criterion variable in most investigations has been total homicides—most of which bear no legal or theoretical relationship to capital punishment. To address this fundamental data problem, this investigation used Federal Bureau of Investigation data for 1976–1987 to examine the relationship between capital punishment and felony murder, the most common type of capital homicide. We conducted time series analyses of monthly felony murder rates, the frequency of executions, and the amount and type of television coverage of executions over the period. The analyses revealed occasional departures (for vehicle theft and narcotics killings) from the null hypotheses. However, on balance, and in line with the vast majority of capital punishment studies, this investigation found no consistent evidence that executions and the television coverage they receive are associated significantly with rates for total, index, or different types of felony murder

Portland NAACP scrapbook, pg. #25

Group Photo in albumon stage. Vicky Jackson, Otto Rutherford standing at righthttps://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pn_scrapbook/1023/thumbnail.jp

Portland NAACP scrapbook, pg. #03

Portland NAACP booth: 1955 NW Area Conferencehttps://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pn_scrapbook/1002/thumbnail.jp

Portland NAACP scrapbook, pg. #36

Debate/hearing (Otto Rutherford seated in background)https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pn_scrapbook/1034/thumbnail.jp

The Crisis, June-July 1, Vol. 67, No.6, June/July 1960

The Crisis, June-July 1, Vol. 67, No.6, June/July 1960, Box: 1, Book: 21. Civil Rights Papers, MS-134. Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.The Crisis is an official publication of the NAACP. This volume from June-July 1960, is vol. 67, No.6. With slight damage to the top of the front cover, and slight staining. With featured authors including; Joan Hedlund and Olivia Frost. Editor is James W. Ivy

Portland NAACP scrapbook, pg. #30

Otto Rutherford receiving check from Kwanzan Club, 1952https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pn_scrapbook/1028/thumbnail.jp

Portland NAACP scrapbook, pg. #04

1955 NW Area Conference Group Photohttps://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pn_scrapbook/1003/thumbnail.jp