CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE A Life Sentence 4 CHAPTER TWO From Slavery to Unpaid Labor 14 CHAPTER THREE Keeping Black People Down 22 CHAPTER FOUR Stripped of Rights 32 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 45 Online Resources 46 Learn More 46 About the Authors 47 Index 48
CHAPTER ONE A LIFE SENTENCE on January 5 1997 a Black man named Fair Wayne Bryant was on his way to Bossier City Louisiana It was after midnight The 38 year old got lost in the city of Shreveport He was driving a blue van that he had borrowed from his cousin Then the van stopped running Bryant thought he needed gas He began looking for a gas can He entered the storeroom of a home’s carport A carport is an open air shelter that people can Shreveport is in northwestern Louisiana 5
