(The Root) — In 1987 a 15-year-old black girl from upstate New York became the center of a national media circus. Tawana Brawley had gone missing, which, of course, wasn’t the story. It was when she ...
AOL: Alton Maddox, lawyer in Tawana Brawley hoax case, dead at 77
He was general counsel of Mr. Sharpton’s civil rights group, the National Action Network, and defended him in a defamation suit arising from the Tawana Brawley case. By Sam Roberts The case inflamed ...
MSN: What is Tawana Brawley hoax? Trump slams Al Sharpton as he demands FCC investigation over 1987 incident
What is Tawana Brawley hoax? Trump slams Al Sharpton as he demands FCC investigation over 1987 incident
Tawana Brawley, who in 1987 accused several white men of abducting and raping her in a case that stoked racial tensions in New York and helped propel Al Sharpton into the national spotlight, has made ...
As our colleagues at The Two-Way reported, Tawana Brawley, the central figure in one of the most bizarre and racially polarizing cases in New York City's recent history, has begun to pay part of the ...
Yahoo: Al Sharpton Stands by His Handling of Tawana Brawley Rape Hoax
Republican Herald: Alton H. Maddox Jr., 77, Lawyer in Tawana Brawley Rape Hoax, Dies
Alton H. Maddox Jr., unrepentant to the end for his role in the 1980s Tawana Brawley kidnapping and rape hoax that inflamed racial hostilities in New York and beyond, a fraud that he helped perpetrate ...
Alton H. Maddox Jr., 77, Lawyer in Tawana Brawley Rape Hoax, Dies
Alton Maddox, the headline-grabbing civil rights lawyer who represented Tawana Brawley and some of the most high-profile victims in racially charged attacks in New York during the 1980s, died Sunday ...
Star Tribune: Tawana Brawley begins making defamation payments to ex-county prosecutor she accused of rape
NEW YORK — A black woman who set off a racial firestorm as a teenager after alleging she was raped by a group of white men in 1987 has begun making defamation payments to one of them. Tawana Brawley ...
Tawana Brawley begins making defamation payments to ex-county prosecutor she accused of rape