Riddick Room display of Little Rascals Daycare Case Papers; curated by Lee Cloninger & Cas Laskowski |
"Exonerate Edenton 7" t-shirt, donated by Lew Powell. |
The Little Rascals archival material was generously donated by retired Charlotte Observer journalist and author, Lew Powell. Powell has worked to keep the Little Rascals Case in the public eye as a cautionary tale, maintaining a website and blog. The site includes video from a PBS Frontline documentary broadcast series about the case, Innocence Lost.
Donor Lew Powell has also published three books about North Carolina history and trivia, including Carolina Follies: A Nose-Tweaking Look at Life in Our Two Great and Goofy States, which can be viewed in the Rubenstein Library. Powell also amassed a large collection of North Carolina souvenirs and memorabilia; in 2007, he donated that collection to the North Carolina Collection at UNC’s Wilson Library.
For more information about the Little Rascals display and collection, or for additional resources on wrongful convictions, be sure to Ask a Librarian.
--Lee Cloninger, Digital and Archival Initiatives Associate