A Life, Turned Around

…be another Jonestown. Perhaps I should say, I hope there will never be another Jim Jones, because, after all, Jonestown itself was a place that could have been extraordinary. It…

Mein Leben im und nach dem Peoples Temple

…lauschte Jim Jones. Anstatt sie zu mir heraus zu bringen, bestand Mac darauf, mich zu ihr zu bringen. Als wir dort waren, schlug er vor, dass ich mich eine Minute…

Jonestown, Japantown

…Long Before Jonestown: Indianapolis, 1956. Her two book reviews are New Materials Worth Reading in New Jones Biography and Jonestown Plays Minor Role in Novel. Her complete collection of articles…

A Distasteful Task

…to have entered upon such murderous activity without instruction from Jim Jones. Another troubling aspect of Laurie’s argument excusing Jim from any foreknowledge of the event is her own experience…

The Peoples Temple Planning Commission

…In Jonestown, Jim had started having meetings of a different group called the “steering committee”. According to Edith Roller’s journals, they really did plan for the future of Jonestown. That…

Edith Roller Journals: October 1977

…including the Temple. There were several speakers. I prepared my dinner; fried chicken, bread and gravy, salad. I went to the Temple service. Jim spoke to us from Jonestown. The…

My Brother Jim

…what the Jim Crow South looked and felt like. He saw our parents experience it. With every occasion that presented an opportunity, Jim spoke out against segregation. Jim and Alice…