THE DEATH OF EARL LITTLE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BLACK MALES ON CJTS PLANTATION

In the Autobiography of Malcolm X there is a passage recalling the death of Earl Little [ Malcolm X father ]. When Earl arrived in Lansing, Michigan the white hate group Ku Klux Klan began watching him. Whites said " Earl is disturbing our good christian negroes" with talk of Marcus Garvey & going back to Africa. Earl was not obsequious, did not bow down to white supremacist, and therefore had to be killed. It is the influence Earl could have exerted on blacks which caused his death. Earl was found with the back of his skull caved in, body on the railroad tracks, run over by a train. When the incident is viewed correctly there are similarities in what happened to a black male ( minus physical harm like Earl ) at Connecticut Juvenile Training School from 2007-2013.

Cornell Lewis employment at CJTS caused anguish among white management. Lewis believed in activism and stories about him from Greater Hartford region were constantly in the media. Like Earl Little perhaps such an activist [ Lewis ] might stir discord among placated Youth Service Officers at CJTS-who knew their place.Yet exactly what is the connection between Lewis & Malcom X's father? Well first of all both are vocal black men which automatically places them in cross hairs of white power brokers. Also neither man held back telling the truth [ Earl about KKK & black responsibility to Negroes in America, Lewis spoke about white bias etc at CJTS ]. Let me break this down like a organic compound; in American society black men historically are viewed with suspicion or distrust. Tangible reasons for such racial animus often cannot not be found, measured or weighed- thus not giving white fears credibility. Only in the thinking of CJTS management is Lewis a threat, but that is enough. One day CJTS management put together a string of circumstances against Lewis that made a mockery out of the term justice. Lewis first was placed on paid administrative leave by CJTS and later terminated. [ for just cause of course ].

Remember the story line about Earl Little, he suffered [ killed ] due to his convictions and willingness to proclaim the truth. Lewis suffered due to his convictions and proclaimimng a truth that CJTS is biased against employees of color [ backed up by Freedom of Information documents ] which angered white CJTS management. In contemporary times white power brokers are not so crude as to bash in heads or place black men on railroad tracks. This is a different crowd of white power brokers, sly as foxes and calculating as snakes trying to get chicken eggs from the nest. Lewis had his job taken, reputation sullied and banished from CJTS property. Now is this not similar to what Earl encountered? Earl embraced the Grim Reaper in reality. Lewis embraced the 2013 version of death--having employment taken. Both methods are skills whites have honed into weapons to use against black males in America.

While this story is being prepared more employees of color at CJTS are being singled out for punishment.