John Carter's Descendants

At a panel discussion on the 1927 lynching of John Carter held at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in February, a number of fascinating insights came to light. Most intriguing of all were those offered by George Fulton, Sr. and George Fulton, Jr., the grandson and great-grandson of John Carter. We learned that although Carter was 38 years old when he was lynched, his wife lived in Little Rock until she was 105 years old, passing in 2001. Neither George Sr. nor Jr. really knew about what had happened to their relative until recently. They had previously only been told that he went out to work one day and never returned. An article in the Arkansas Times had alerted them to the truth. George Jr. is now working on a documentary on the lynching. I’m John Kirk of the UALR History Department and this has been an Arkansas moment.