One Dress Protest: How I Found Freedom in Prison

By Kristy Powell
Sep 6, 2011
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Last Saturday, August 20, 2011, I got arrested. Having never been arrested before, it feels strange to write that. Like most Americans I associate getting arrested with committing egregiously unlawful acts that require punishment

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