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The Lena BAker Domestic Violence and Women's HEalth Summit Organized by Loretta Green Williams , owner of Caribeme Magazine Information on panels and links to videos, the content has to be viewed on youtube, cause of its sensitive topic https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2130&type=status #rmaalbc

[dscola]

March 5, 1945: Lena Baker, a maid, was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight, in 1944. At her trial she said that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she try to leave. She took his gun and shot him. Baker was the only woman to be executed by electrocution in Georgia. On entering the execution chamber, Baker sat in the electric chair and said: "What I done, I did in self-defense, or I would have been killed myself. Where I was I could not overcome it. God has forgiven me. I have nothing against anyone. I picked cotton for Mr. Pritchett, and he has been good to me. I am ready to go. I am one in the number. I am ready to meet my God. I have a very strong conscience." In 2005 Baker was granted a full and unconditional pardon by the State of Georgia, 60 years after her execution. The movie The Lena Baker Story (2008) is about her life. #lenabaker #makebeingblackinamericalegal #standyourground #themorethingschange #americatheugly #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Wg9xtHgJ0/?igshid=186fw3ivxp460

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In 1944, Lena Baker started working for Ernest Knight, an older white man who had broken his leg. He owned a gristmill and, upon sexually assaulting Lena multiple times, he would keep her there imprisoned for days at a time in "near slavery." Knight's son and townspeople disliked their relationship, and tried to end it through threatening Baker. One night an argument between the two ensued, during which Knight threatened Baker with an iron bar. As she tried to escape, they struggled over his pistol and she shot and killed him. She immediately reported the incident and said she had acted in self-defentse. Although, she stated in categorical terms that her action was an act of self-defense, Baker was sentenced to death by an all-white male jury. Her trial only lasted for 4 hours in one day. Sitting in the electric chair for a painful execution, this is what she said: “What I done, I did in self-defense or I would’ve been killed myself. Where I was, I could not overcome it. I am ready to meet my God”. She was executed on March 5, 1945 as the only woman ever executed in Georgia’s electric chair. She left behind 3 children. Her last words, alongside with her picture are displayed near the now-retired electric chair at a museum at Georgia state prison in Reidsville. She was Pardon 60 years after her execution. #LenaBaker was born on June 8, 1900, in into a family of black sharecroppers. She had lived her entire life doing the back-breaking job for survival. Due to strict supervision and inhuman treatment faced by black people at work places at the time, Baker is said to have lived the greater part of her life with depression. By 1940, Baker had picked cotton, cleaned houses and washed clothes as her records show. In spite of undertaken multiple jobs, Baker did not earn enough money to feed her three children. In 1941, Baker got a position as a nurse to Ernest Knight, a white man who had broken his hip. She considered her new job as a life changing position. (SWIPE LEFT) #blsckhistory #blackhistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Lq_3aA5Ir/?igshid=17ipo6dtbw7y5

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#Mood. thinking of Mrs. #LenaBaker and every other innocent person who was #murderedbythestate. unhappy #ForceOfTheyLie #🇺🇸 #LetsGetFree #4thOfTheyLie #photographerunknown to me (at RUN AWAY SLAVE SHIP) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzgVNTkguEN/?igshid=9476t7rlyg5h

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[dscola]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE COURAGEOUS, MS. LENA BAKER!!! *The state of Georgia killed you for being black and defending yourself but had he killed you, he wouldn't have been charged with any crime. We will remember you...ALWAYS!* Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight, in 1944. At her trial she said that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she try to leave. She took his gun and shot him. Baker was the only woman to be executed by electrocution in Georgia. In 2005 Baker was granted a full and unconditional pardon by the State of Georgia, 60 years after her execution. The movie The Lena Baker Story (2008) is about her life. In 1944, Baker started working for Ernest Knight, who had broken his leg. He owned a gristmill and held her there for days at a time against her will. One night they had an argument in which he threatened her with an iron bar. She tried to escape and shot and killed him. She immediately reported the incident and said she had struggled in self-defense. TRIAL & EXECUTION: Lena Baker was charged with capital murder and stood trial on August 14, 1944, presided over by Judge William "Two Gun" Worrill, who kept a pair of pistols on his judicial bench in plain view. The all-white male jury convicted her by the end of the afternoon. Because blacks had been disfranchised since the turn of the century in the South and could not vote, they were disqualified from jury service. After filing an appeal in the case, her court-appointed counsel, W.L. Ferguson, dropped Baker as a client. Governor Ellis Arnall granted Lena a 60-day reprieve so that the Board of Pardons and Parole could review the case, but it denied clemency in January 1945. Baker was transferred to Reidsville State Prison on February 23, 1945. #lenabaker #thelensbakerstory #blackhidstory #justicedenied #thingstheydontteachyou #hiddenhistory

[dscola]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE COURAGEOUS, MS. LENA BAKER!!! *The state of Georgia killed you for being black and defending yourself but had he killed you, he wouldn't have been charged with any crime. We will remember you...ALWAYS!* Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight, in 1944. At her trial she said that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she try to leave. She took his gun and shot him. Baker was the only woman to be executed by electrocution in Georgia. In 2005 Baker was granted a full and unconditional pardon by the State of Georgia, 60 years after her execution. The movie The Lena Baker Story (2008) is about her life. In 1944, Baker started working for Ernest Knight, who had broken his leg. He owned a gristmill and held her there for days at a time against her will. One night they had an argument in which he threatened her with an iron bar. She tried to escape and shot and killed him. She immediately reported the incident and said she had struggled in self-defense. TRIAL & EXECUTION: Lena Baker was charged with capital murder and stood trial on August 14, 1944, presided over by Judge William "Two Gun" Worrill, who kept a pair of pistols on his judicial bench in plain view. The all-white male jury convicted her by the end of the afternoon. Because blacks had been disfranchised since the turn of the century in the South and could not vote, they were disqualified from jury service. After filing an appeal in the case, her court-appointed counsel, W.L. Ferguson, dropped Baker as a client. Governor Ellis Arnall granted Lena a 60-day reprieve so that the Board of Pardons and Parole could review the case, but it denied clemency in January 1945. Baker was transferred to Reidsville State Prison on February 23, 1945. #lenabaker #thelensbakerstory #blackhidstory #justicedenied #thingstheydontteachyou #hiddenhistory