2002
- December 11, 2002 Remembered Not:
24 Years After People's Temple Horror
Victims Still Nameless in Oakland Grave, by Joe Rogers, San Pablo Avenue Times
OAKLAND --...almost half of the victims of cult leader Jim Jones rest anonymously, 409 former members of the People�s Temple buried together in a single grave that lists no names...
...The existing stone, which was purchased by funds from the Jones estate, reads simply, "In Memory of the Victims of the Jonestown Tragedy."...
- November 25, 2002 'Revolutionary suicide' revisited, By Julia Cooper, The Skyline View, Skyline College, San Bruno California (Jim Jones Jr....
...Jones, the adopted son of religious cult leader Jim Jones...
...Jones also said that his father was a "great manipulator," who used brainwashing techniques that included long days of hard work, food and sleep deprivation, and late-night sessions of rhetoric to help control followers of the Temple...) (Photo of Jim Jones Jr. included.)
- November 23, 2002 What was the lure?,
Twenty-four years later, religious scholars are re-examining the hold Jim Jones had on his followers
by Jennifer Garza, The Sacramento Bee (...On Nov. 18, 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan and others arrived in Jonestown to investigate complaints about the group. Ryan and four others were killed upon returning to the airport in Port Kaituma. Later that night, Jones ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch...)
- November 19, 2002 Solemn group marks 24th anniversary of Guyana mass suicide, by Chauncey Bailey, Oakland Tribune (OAKLAND -- Supporters and relatives of Jonestown victims gathered Monday to remember those who died 24 years ago in Guyana, and to renew efforts for memorial walls in both Oakland and San Francisco as tributes to the dead...)
- November 18, 2002 Twenty-four years after massacre, Jonestown villagers distrustful - Associated Press via SFGate (Razor grass, vines and a few wild daisies cover the area where San Francisco cult leader Jim Jones led more than 900 followers in a mass suicide...
...The town has more than quadrupled in size and population since the Jonestown massacre...
...Ryan, three newsmen and a cult defector were killed. Eleven others were injured. Then Jones exhorted his followers to drink cyanide-laced grape punch. Babies were killed by squirting it into their mouths with syringes. Most adults were poisoned, some forcibly. Some were shot by cult security guards. Hours later, 912 of Jones' followers were dead...)
- November 18, 2002 On This Date, Associated Press via The Salt Lake Tribune (....
In 1978, California Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members...)
- November 18, 2002 Today in History - Nov. 18, Associated Press via ABCNEWS.com (...In 1978, California Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members...)
- November 6, 2002 Cherish the Children Walk-a-thon and Rally marks 24th anniversary of Jonestown, San Francisco Bay View (Oakland, San Francisco - Monday, Nov. 18, will mark the 24th anniversary of the Jonestown People's Temple Massacre, where 913 people perished, including 276 children - 40 were infants.
The Guyana Tribute Foundation will kick off a campaign fundraiser to erect a memorial in San Francisco for public view. A walk-a-thon consisting of 913 steps and a rally will be led by Dr. Jynona Norwood. The Norwood family lost 27 members in the massacre...
...On Nov. 18, Cherish the Children and the Guyana Tribute Foundation will be walking to Oakland's Evergreen Cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of this tragic event...)
- November 2002 Cults of hatred, APA Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC (...Panelist Deborah Layton also encouraged more help for mind-control victims. "It can happen to the best of us," Layton said.
At age 18, in the early 1970s, Layton's need for belonging attracted her to the Peoples Temple, a group that offered her a sense of comfort and answers to life. The leader, the Rev. Jim Jones, made her feel like she was joining the Peace Corps. A few years later, Layton went to Jonestown, the Guyana village where Peoples Temple followers went...)
- July 28, 2002 Filmmaker seeks, Oakland Tribune (The filmmakers of "After Jonestown," a documentary now being made to explore the legacy of the Jonestown tragedy, are seeking the help of people directly associated with Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple...
...They would like to talk with Jonestown survivors and relatives of those who died...
...On Nov. 18, 1978, Jones ordered more than 900 of his followers to take poison at his church compound in Guyana...)
- Photo of Jim Jones of the People's Temple (Source: May 26, 2002 Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology of brainwashing, San Francisco Chronicle)
- May 14, 2002 HISTORY THEY MIGHT HAVE MISSED, The Dallas Morning News (History teachers widely acknowledge that they almost always run out of time in the school year before they're able to cover recent decades. Here's a look at some significant events in U.S. history that recent high school graduates might have missed:
...*The Jonestown tragedy (1978)...)
- February 27, 2002 'Someone Will Pay for This' - by Peter Keane, Special to The Recorder via law.com (...Many people have forgotten about, and many others have never heard of the horrendous People's Temple massacre in Jonestown, Guyana in late 1978...)
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