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Did the Army Cover Up Murder of a Black Private?

Submitted by ben on June 3, 2008 - 10:41am.
Byline: 
Gateway Greens

For immediate release: June 3, 2008

Contacts: Don Fitz, 314-727-8554; Lionel Nixon, 454-9005

Press conference with father of first Missouri woman to die in Iraq

Did the Army Cover Up Murder of a Black Private?

June 3, 2008 – St. Louis, Missouri. 

LaVena Johnson, of Florissant, may be only 1 of over a dozen women to die under extremely suspicious circumstances while in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The increase in violence against women in the military is so sharp that Dr. John Johnson, father of LaVena Johnson, is working with US Representatives Ike Skelton and Lacy Clay to have a Congressional hearing to request a reopening of the Army’s investigation of the death of LaVena Johnson.  

Dr. Johnson recently went to Washington DC as a part of effort to get the case reopened.  He will report on that trip at a press conference at

11:00 am, Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Legacy Books and Café, 5249 Delmar (near Union)

LaVena Johnson reportedly died in Iraq on July 19, 2005, days shy of her 20th birthday.  The Army called it suicide.  From the very beginning her family did not buy that story and new evidence suggests their suspicions could be well-founded.

Black & Green Wednesday: The LaVena Johnson Story @ Legacy Books

Submitted by ben on May 19, 2008 - 2:39pm.

Black & Green Wednesday

FORUM: The LaVena Johnson Story
WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday June 4, 2008
WHERE: Legacy Books and Café, 5249 Delmar (near Union)

A panel discussion will include:

* Lionel Nixon, African Newsworld newspaper [moderator]
* John Johnson, father of LaVena Johnson
* Redditt Hudson, American Civil Liberties Union
* Michael McPhearson, Veterans For Peace

Date: 
06/04/2008 - 7:00pm - 06/04/2008 - 9:00pm
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