The 1979 Roxbury Murders

Apr 1, 2020

In this episode, Alysa discusses the 1979 Roxbury murders, where 11 black women and 1 white woman would be murdered over four months in a 2-3 block radius. Alysa talks about victims, the role of black feminists, and the lack of media coverage and police involvement. All sources are located in show notes and any images will be posted on Instagram.

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Media Discussed or Recommended!

A Quiet Place = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR7cc5t7tv8 

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Nothing Rhymes with Murder = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nothing-rhymes-with-murder/id1250779617

Pause on the Play = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pause-on-the-play/id1460596528 

Suits = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUQKm2nZNE

Sources from this Episode!

Black & Missing Foundation = http://www.blackandmissinginc.com/cdad/index.cfm

Ntozake Shange Web Page = http://officialntozakeshange.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxbury_murders

http://httpjournalsaolcomjenjer6steph.blogspot.com/2007/08/crimes-against-black-women-four-cases.html

https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1124979008226934.pdf

https://msmagazine.com/2012/02/13/black-herstory-who-is-killing-us/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1979/3/17/as-different-as-night-and-day/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theestuaryprojects/the-estuary-projects

https://luke.substack.com/p/these-are-not-places-where-you-would

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YnOmpF6BDsQC_Vo3tTW1KdmCCBy4qMdB/view

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1979/4/30/women-march-in-boston-protest-roxbury/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXXhBur01w

https://www.baystatebanner.com/2018/11/15/art-project-to-memorialize-lives-of-slain-rox-women/

http://circuitous.org/scraps/combahee.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/13/523769303/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-missing-white-women-syndrome

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4666788/user-clip-gwen-ifill-coins-term-missing-white-woman-syndrome

https://www.blackburncenter.org/single-post/2017/03/29/Missing-White-Woman-Syndrome

https://www.blackburncenter.org/single-post/2017/02/01/Being-an-Ally-for-Racial-Justice

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/black-homicides-arrests/

 

https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/387/387mass488.html

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwquxC_Gxc