is latasha remembered? >> guest: actually yes in los angeles even two-day people who were born after her but for those that were alive and it teenagers at the time they do remember. they say the girl that was killed over orange juice? or do you remember baby? baby was a small puppy that was kicked and abused by his owner who was also caribbean on the balcony of the owners apartment. they called the police and she was arrested and given 30 days in jail

she created the latasha harlins justice committee to speak for latasha. i followed her around him and i else interviewed her and i also went to some of the protest they had read through literature, et cetera, et cetera. >> host: now we are talking over 20 years later, after this murder. if latasha remembered in anyways? >> guest: she is remembered in many, many ways in lost angeles. even today, people born after her adults think remember. but the people alive and at least teenagers at the time to remember. if i tell them what i'm writing about, they say the girl killed over a bottle of orange juice or they would say do you remember baby. and this is an interesting story. a small puppy that was actually kicked and abused by his owner who was also korean on about any of the owner's apartment. the witness calls the police. he was arrested and given 30 days in jail. that sentence was pronounced about a month before the sentence and people would say the dog was harmed and rightfully so the owner was sent to jail for 30 days. she was shot in the head in the per

latasha harlins family talk to you? >> i spoke to the representative who is hurt aunt -- her and than the of face of the family she created the justice committee that is a grass roots pohai organizations will follow her around and i interviewed her and also went to the protest things that they had and read the literature mix cetera, etc. >> host: now we are over 20 years later after the murder. is latasha remembered? >> in many ways in los angeles. even two-day people who were born after her i don't think they remember her by people who were alive or teenagers at the time remember. people say the girl killed over orange juice? or they would say do you remember baby? and baby was a small puppy that was kicked and abused by his owner who was cory and on the balcony of the apartment. witnesses called the police and he was arrested and given 30 days in jail. that sentence was pronounced about one month before latasha harlins. people would say baby the dog was harmed and rightfully so the owner was sent to jail for 30 days b

latasha says no. i am trying to pay for it. obviously there is a language difference and difficulties because and as a naturalized citizen she is from south korea an english is not good. there is an argument that ensues in sheikh katchis latasha by the are to pull her across the counter to see what is in the backpack and latasha response by punching her in the face. she gets back up and still tries to catch latasha at this time they jus' falls out of the backpack and then it when she stands up again there is a gun in her hand. latasha picks of the jews and puts it on the counter and looks up the gun and turns to walk away and the gun goes off fish year shot in the back of the head and that is the beginning of this very, very difficult case and the circumstances for south boston angeles. >> host: in your book "the contested murder of latasha harlins" you talk about latasha history what was that? >> she had a difficult history growing up in 11 homes by her family was troubles in the sense that her mother had been killed by an ass

is latasha remembered? >> guest: actually yes in los angeles even two-day people who were born after her but for those that were alive and it teenagers at the time they do remember. they say the girl that was killed over orange juice? or do you remember baby? baby was a small puppy that was kicked and abused by his owner who was also caribbean on the balcony of the owners apartment. they called the police and she was arrested and given 30 days in jail and that sentence was pronounced one month before latasha harlins casein they would say be be the dog was formed to in the order was sent to jail for 30 days but latasha harlins was shot in the back of the head and the person did not receive anything at all the really resonated with the community so how could it dog be kicked and served jail time but a black girl could be killed and the person who killed her found guilty in not serving in the jail time and all? people also remember the owner because just recently back in august there was a rumor she had anothe

brenda stevenson, who was latasha harlins? >> guest: and african-american girl who lived in

latasha and the public bus system stopped because people shot at the bus. to property values, 30 businesses burned down and that means they can't go to work. 11,000 kids not going to school. and so we have the assurance of premiums. no one will rebuild in that community. we have a systemic destruction of a people and one other danger that happen inqcv?]ó=ácincinnat you keep demonizing the police, what will happen, they will boycott those high- crime areas and in cincinnati what happened the police say if we are accused of racism we'll not enforce the laws. murder rate went up 800 percent in those areas. it is not the son or childrení5f al sharptop. they are not suffering the consequences of the5 it is the local grassroots people who are suffering. >> they are angry and not enforce the law. >> that's what they do when you demonize them. >> why are we defending the bad police. >> it is it a matter of encouraging and let latasha cornel's come together and decide what is responsible policing and not you or anybody else outside who hustles the problems of people

>> latasha williams. >> march 22nd, 2011. las vegas, nevada. judge jackie glass, a veteran in the 8th judicial district court, is presiding over a competency hearing for 36-year-old latasha williams. >> she can't leave the courtroom. >> two months earlier, williams was arrested for two counts of child endangerment and first-degree kidnapping when she allegedly dangled a neighbor's grandchildren over the balcony railing at this apartment complex. williams' attorney requests she be evaluated in competency court. >> and i do competency court for those people who are perhaps mentally incompetent to stand trial. under the law, you have to be able to understand and appreciate the nature of your charges and the legal process. meaning who the judge is, who the prosecutor is, what they do. basic legal principles. and you have to be able to aid and assist your lawyer in your defense. >> part of the process to determine competency is getting evaluated by mental health experts. >> we have two or three doctors, depending on whether the first two evaluations

she is author of the award-winning monographs life in black and white, and the contested murder of latasha hardens. her newest work, what is slavery, will be published by quality press in 2015. professor stevenson is the recipient of several research funding awards, including support from the melon foundation, the smithsonian institution and the american association of the university of women. so clearly a group of slackers. >> all right. thank you, megan. i think i'm here because i teach a course on slavery in fact film and fiction. we start with birth of a nation. move through the several plantation mellow dramas of the 1930s, films like jezebel, the shirley temple epics, and, of course, gone with the wind. just showing clip frs these and then move onto wault disney's song of the south made just after the war in 1946. and then jump up to the modern era with the 1990s. so another spurt of movies about slavery. a lesser known film and beloved put on by oprah winfrey among others. in using these films as measures of racial progress or the lack there of, hollywood in the 1930s was very much