Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Barbara_Becnel> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 79 of
79
with 100 items per page.
- Barbara_Becnel abstract "Barbara Cottman Becnel (born May 30, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film producer. She was a close friend and advocate for Crips co-founder Stanley Williams (aka "Stan Tookie Williams"; a convicted murderer and former gang leader who would later become an anti-gang activist and writer), and editor of Williams's series of children's books, which spoke out against gang violence. Williams was executed in 2005. Becnel co-produced the Golden Globe-nominated film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story, which starred award-winning actress Lynn Whitfield playing the role of Becnel.Becnel was in attendance at Williams' execution as one of his chosen witnesses. After he was pronounced dead, she, along with two of his friends, television executive Shirley Neal and movie producer Rudy Langlais, stood up and yelled that California had executed an innocent man. After the execution, she said "We are going to prove his innocence, and when we do, we are going to show that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is, in fact, himself a cold blooded murderer."[citation needed]Williams directed Becnel to make the arrangements for his funeral, which was held at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on December 20, 2005. More than 3,000 people attended Williams' memorial service. On Sunday, June 25, 2006, Becnel and Neal released Williams' ashes into a lake in Thokoza Park, located in the black township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. In February 2009, Becnel and Neal released Tribute: Stanley Tookie Williams, 1953-2005, a documentary they directed and produced about Williams.[citation needed]Announcing her intention to defeat Schwarzenegger in the upcoming gubernatorial election, Becnel ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of California in 2006, [1] and came in third (out of eight Democrats) behind Phil Angelides and Steve Westly. She made history because Becnel was the first black female Democrat to ever run for Governor of California. Her campaign was very grassroots-based, although it received media attention. She finished with 66,544 votes overall, which amounted to 2.7% of all ballots cast. She also raised enough money in the last week of the campaign to run television and radio commercials about her candidacy.She publicly denounced Democratic Gubernatorial candidates Phil Angelides and Steve Westly for supporting the death penalty. She is also outspoken on other social issues, such as the environment and immigration. Barbara's outspoken criticism of Angelides and Westly resulted in her not being invited to a number of key Democratic Party events during the general election season [2]. This, coupled with differences over issues such as the death penalty, led Barbara to leave the Democratic Party. In the first weeks of 2007 Barbara left the Democratic Party and joined the Green Party of California, the state affiliate of the Green Party (GPUS). When asked why she joined the Green Party, Becnel responded, "The Green Party is right on the issues--no ifs, ands, or buts."".
- Barbara_Becnel birthDate "1950-05-30".
- Barbara_Becnel birthYear "1950".
- Barbara_Becnel viafId "47433322".
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink 00.htm.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink Governor.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink 18347065.php.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink 607_08_BarbaraBecnel.shtml.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink 112105sanquentin.html.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink www.votebarbarabecnel-gov.com.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageExternalLink www.votecircle.com.
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageID "3408139".
- Barbara_Becnel wikiPageRevisionID "524098668".
- Barbara_Becnel dateOfBirth "1950-05-30".
- Barbara_Becnel hasPhotoCollection Barbara_Becnel.
- Barbara_Becnel id "1639438".
- Barbara_Becnel name "Barbara Becnel".
- Barbara_Becnel name "Becnel, Barbara".
- Barbara_Becnel shortDescription "African-American political activist".
- Barbara_Becnel description "African-American political activist".
- Barbara_Becnel description "African-American political activist".
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:1950_births.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:African-American_journalists.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:African-American_women_writers.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:African-American_writers.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:American_activists.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:American_film_producers.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:California_Democrats.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:California_Greens.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:Green_Party_of_the_United_States_politicians.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:Living_people.
- Barbara_Becnel subject Category:Place_of_birth_missing_(living_people).
- Barbara_Becnel type AfricanAmericanFemaleWriters.
- Barbara_Becnel type AfricanAmericanJournalists.
- Barbara_Becnel type AfricanAmericanWriters.
- Barbara_Becnel type AmericanActivists.
- Barbara_Becnel type AmericanFilmProducers.
- Barbara_Becnel type CausalAgent100007347.
- Barbara_Becnel type Communicator109610660.
- Barbara_Becnel type Creator109614315.
- Barbara_Becnel type Disputant109615465.
- Barbara_Becnel type FilmMaker110088390.
- Barbara_Becnel type Journalist110224578.
- Barbara_Becnel type LivingPeople.
- Barbara_Becnel type LivingThing100004258.
- Barbara_Becnel type Militant110315837.
- Barbara_Becnel type Object100002684.
- Barbara_Becnel type Organism100004475.
- Barbara_Becnel type Person100007846.
- Barbara_Becnel type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Barbara_Becnel type Producer110480018.
- Barbara_Becnel type Reformer110515194.
- Barbara_Becnel type Whole100003553.
- Barbara_Becnel type Writer110794014.
- Barbara_Becnel type YagoLegalActor.
- Barbara_Becnel type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Barbara_Becnel type Agent.
- Barbara_Becnel type Person.
- Barbara_Becnel type Person.
- Barbara_Becnel type Q215627.
- Barbara_Becnel type Q5.
- Barbara_Becnel type Agent.
- Barbara_Becnel type NaturalPerson.
- Barbara_Becnel type Thing.
- Barbara_Becnel type Person.
- Barbara_Becnel comment "Barbara Cottman Becnel (born May 30, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film producer. She was a close friend and advocate for Crips co-founder Stanley Williams (aka "Stan Tookie Williams"; a convicted murderer and former gang leader who would later become an anti-gang activist and writer), and editor of Williams's series of children's books, which spoke out against gang violence. Williams was executed in 2005.".
- Barbara_Becnel label "Barbara Becnel".
- Barbara_Becnel label "Barbara Becnel".
- Barbara_Becnel sameAs Barbara_Becnel.
- Barbara_Becnel sameAs m.099ykp.
- Barbara_Becnel sameAs Q4858742.
- Barbara_Becnel sameAs Q4858742.
- Barbara_Becnel sameAs Barbara_Becnel.
- Barbara_Becnel wasDerivedFrom Barbara_Becnel?oldid=524098668.
- Barbara_Becnel givenName "Barbara".
- Barbara_Becnel isPrimaryTopicOf Barbara_Becnel.
- Barbara_Becnel name "Barbara Becnel".
- Barbara_Becnel name "Becnel, Barbara".
- Barbara_Becnel surname "Becnel".