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History Repeats? Chicken Little and Policing in Minority Communities

In the “True Story of Chicken Little,” by Linda Holmes, Chicken Licken is struck by a police officer and sets off to report her injury to the king. Needless to say, the official version of events is a bit different than what really happened.

https://soundcloud.com/mediamovement/the-true-story-of-chicken-licken/

The story appeared in Toni Cade Bambara’s Tales and Stories for Black Folks (Doubleday, 1971).