Texas Journey for Jubilee Justice
Every 50 years is considered a Jubilee Year. It is a time for compassion, a time to forgive debt and offer leniency to the imprisoned. The year 2000 is especially such a year.
ACLU Suit | Click the link at left for the 28-Sep-00 ACLU media advisory on the Tulia law suit |
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Click the thumbnail at left to see photos from events in Austin on 29-Sep-00. |
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Click the thumbnail at left to see photo in the 30-Sep-00 issue of the Dallas Morning News. |
![]() | For special messages from Kevin Zeese
with the Texas Journey for Jubilee Justice, please click: Day 0 -- The Eve of the Journey for Justice in Texas, First U.U. Church, Houston, 21-Sep-00 Day 1 -- The Journey Begins, Detention Center & Tranquility Park, Houston, 22-Sep-00 Day 2 -- The Journey for Justice Takes Huntsville, Goree, Wallace & Holliday Units, 23-Sep-00 Day 3 -- The Journey for Justice Takes a Federal Prison for Women in Bryan, 24-Sep-00 Day 4 -- The Journey for Justice Educates A&M, 25-Sep-00 Day 5 -- Journeyers Face Cops and Death in Navasota and Hempstead, 26-Sep-00 Day 6 -- A Nighttime Encounter; A Day in the Countryside in Brenham & Giddings, 27-Sep-00 Day 7 -- The Final Leg to Austin from Giddings, 28-Sep-00 Day 8 -- Smoking Out Gore, the Journey Concludes in Austin, 29-Sep-00 |
Inmate Letter | Click the link at left to read Kevin Zeese's letter from a Texas prison inmate who saw the Journey |
20 to 29 Sep 00 | Click date at left for the associated Media Advisory from DPFT |
22 & 23 Sep 00 | |
28 & 29 Sep 00 | |
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Click thumbnail at left for ad for March & Rally on 22 Sep 00 |
Join the Journey | Click the link at left to see how easily you could have joined the Journey and been a part of history |
Schedule | Click the link at left for schedule of events along the Journey |
Newsletter Article | Click the link at left for Al Robison's article about the journey in the latest issue of the DPFT Newsletter |
To read full text of articles below, click on the abbreviation under "Article Links".
Date | Type |
Subject |
Article Links* |
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30 Sep 00 | News | Sheriff Sued Over '99 Drug Bust -- Suit Accuses Swisher County, Officials of False Arrest [click here for newpaper photo] | DMN |
30 Sep 00 | News | ACLU: Tulia bust racially motivated | AAS |
30 Sep 00 | News | Protest spotlights `racist' Tulia drug sweep in Panhandle | FWST |
30 Sep 00 | News | ACLU files lawsuit in Tulia drug cases | AGN |
30 Sep 00 | News | Tulia drug-bust critics make Capitol case | LAJ |
29 Sep 00 | News | ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Massive Drug Bust in Tulia | AP |
29 Sep 00 | News | Panhandle Residents Angered Over Drug Bust Taking Protest to Austin | AP |
28 Sep 00 | News | Tulia Drug-Bust Critics Taking Journey For Justice | LAJ |
26 Sep 00 | News | Hemp Activists Demonstrate At Olsen Field [riddled with errors as can be expected of Aggies, but press coverage nonetheless] | A&M |
25 Sep 00 | News | Vigil protests jailings -- "My son is in a federal prison in California for gardening" | BCSE |
23 Sep 00 | News | Medicinal marijuana users march -- Prisoners of the drug war | HC |
22 Sep 00 | Column | Thom Marshall: "The drug war turns courtroom drama into theater of the absurd." | HC |
15 Sep 00 | Column | Thom Marshall's follow-up column to one on 13 Sep 00. | HC |
13 Sep 00 | Column | Thom Marshall specifically mentions Al Robison and the Drug Policy Forum of Texas. Exceptionally great column! | HC |
*Article Links | Medium | City | Frequency |
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AAS | Austin American-Statesman | Austin, TX | Daily |
AGN | Amarillo Globe-News | Amarillo, TX | Daily |
A&M | The Battalion (Texas A&M University) | College Station, TX | Daily |
AP | Associated Press | New York, NY | Continuous |
BCSE | Bryan-College Station Eagle | Bryan, TX | Daily |
DMN | Dallas Morning News | Dallas, TX | Daily |
FWST | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Fort Worth, TX | Daily |
HC | Houston Chronicle (Hearst) | Houston, TX | Daily |
LAJ | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | Lubbock, TX | Daily |
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Latest Revision 13-Apr-01