Introduction: They had no plans to capture her, but to kill her
Part I. Jim Crow Justice and the civil rights trial of the 1970s. She won't no Joan of Arc : hardscrabble life in eastern North Carolina
We had an instinctive love for the Negro race : liberals, conservatives, and the politics of crime
Power to the ice pick : building a defense, mounting a campaign
Joanne is you ... Joanne is me! Everywoman and the construction of Black womanhood
Joanne Little acted for us all : Black power, gender, and the defense of "Sister Joan"
Joan Little is like Rosa Parks! the trial testimony of Joan Little
Part II. This army of the wronged : forgotten women and prison organizing in the civil rights-Black power era. Child, why are they bringing you to trial? The prison movement and the Joan Little case
The police would follow our van as we picked up kids : Black power, state repression, and carceral politics
Slaves of the state : the sisters behind the brothers and the North Carolina prisoners' labor union
There must not be another Attica : action for forgotten women and the prisoner strike at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women
We will savor the sweetness of freedom : prisoner intellectuals and the power of the word
So now I take my stand : the prison writings of Joan Little
Part III. Who will revere the Black woman?... to whom will she cry rape? Carceral politics and organizing against sexual violence. Bringing this to the attention of the nation and the movement : third world women, sexual assault, and lethal self-defense
The kind of history that really does get lost : Black feminism, multi-issue organizing, and the whitewashing of women's liberation
That space for Black feminism to grow and flourish : the Washington, D.C., rape crisis center
A way to free themselves : Black feminists and the National Black Women's Health Project
What chou mean we, white girl? White women, antiracism, and sexual violence
The state Is in no way our ally : race, sexual violence, and the dangers of carceral solutions
Epilogue : The 1994 crime bill and the Violence Against Women Act : searching for safety in the carceral state
Postscript.