John Carter Lynching Projects

Last fall I was contacted by two people working on the lynching of John Carter, the 38 year-old African American who was killed in west Little Rock in 1927. Stephanie Harp, who lives in Bangor, Maine, is writing a book on the subject. She is the great-granddaughter of one of the white sheriffs who may have been involved in the lynching. George Fulton, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, is making a documentary about the lynching. He is the great-grandson of John Carter, the lynching victim. Both emails came to me within a space of one week. Neither Stephanie nor George knew about the other or that they were working on the same topic. I put them in touch and now they are working in collaboration. You can sign up for updates on Stephanie’s website. I’m John Kirk of the UALR History Department and this has been an Arkansas moment.