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The Tawana Brawley Case (November 1997)
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- Tawana Brawley speaks out
- By Pat Chin, Workers World, 18 December
1997. Tawana Brawley ended a 10-year silence about her
case. Brawley charged that in November 1987 six white men
had abducted, raped and tortured her over the course of
four days. A 1988 grand jury concluded that Brawley made
up the story of being abducted and raped. It also
exonerated DA Pagones and others, calling the incident
a hoax.
- Holmes on Brawley suit:
An attempt to silence protest
- By Sharon Ayling, Workers World, 5 March 1998. Dutchess County Assistant District Attorney Steven Pagones' lawsuit against three civil-rights leaders, the Rev. Al Sharpton, C. Vernon Mason, and Alton Maddox, who acted as advisors to Tawana Brawley 10 years ago is an attempt to silence protest.
- Racist aftermath of Brawley case: Civil Rights activists face hugh fines
- By Pat Chin, Workers World, 30 July 1998. Tawana Browley had accused Assistant District Attorney Steven Pagones as one of six white men who had abducted, raped and tortured her. Another, she said, had flashed a badge. Now a jury in the Tawana Brawley libel case finds the civil rights activists guilty of defaming Pagones.