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Last fall, DRCNet reported on the Free Kemba Smith rally on the steps of the US Capitol, featuring high school students from Dayton, Ohio, who had learned of the Kemba Smith case from the May, 1996 issue of Emerge magazine, Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), and Maxine Waters (D- CA), Rev. Jamal Bryant, Youth and College Director of ...
Apr 29, 1998 · Students at Colonel White High School for the Arts in Dayton, Ohio, descended on the nation’s capital, toting signs protesting the injustice of mandatory minimums. But let’s talk about a real...
Jan 23, 2001 · Our 24-page package on Kemba included a 17-page cover story, the longest in the history of the magazine, a 3-page sidebar on mandatory sentencing and a 4-page "Dialogue" with two psychologists.
Nightmare Magazine - Horror & Dark Fantasy. Latest Fiction. Painted Surfaces. by Guan Un. This is a retelling of a Chinese folktale that I couldn’t get out of my head. It’s been through a lot of revisions.
Nov 9, 2023 · In a May 1996 Emerge magazine article, “Kemba’s Nightmare,” journalist Reginald Stuart wrote about Ms. Smith, who was serving time in federal prison after pleading guilty two years earlier to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine related to her boyfriend’s illegal activities.
Sep 14, 2021 · One of its most impactful stories was “Kemba’s Nightmare.” The 17-page cover story written by Curry detailed how Kemba Smith – a young Black college student from a middle-class family – was sentenced to 24-and-a-half years in prison for a minor drug offense.
Dec 23, 2010 · “On a college campus today there are so many women caught up in situations like Kemba was,” says Dr. Beth Richie, a UIC professor of criminology and African-American studies. Richie uses the original “Kemba’s Nightmare” story printed in Emerge magazine in 1996 in one of her criminal justice classes.
