Blogs Posts on "Banita Jacks"

Revisiting the Tale of Banita Jacks: How Unsupported Mothers Fall Through The Cracks by Acts of Faith In Love and Life on Oct 18, 2009I've been getting an uptick in traffic from my original post on Banita Jacks from July. To bring you up to speed, Ms. Jacks is on trial for murdering her four children. Her story could be any woman's... Continuing Reading Here...

The Tale of Banita Jacks: Another Unsupported Black Mother Cracks & Commits Filicide by Acts of Faith In Love and Life on Jul 29, 2009Reading about Benita Jacks I can't help but think of Andrea Yates, but the class and race implications are wholly different. Still I always had a certain amount of sympathy for Yates, who was clearly... Continuing Reading Here...

The Tale of Banita Jacks: Another Unsupported Mother Commits Filicide by Acts of Faith In Love and Life on Jul 29, 2009Reading about Benita Jacks I can't help but think of Andrea Yates, but the class and race implications are wholly different. Still I always had a certain amount of sympathy for Yates, who was clearly... Continuing Reading Here...