The Tarboro Three: Rape, Race, and Secrecy - Softcover

Lampkin, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732932808 ISBN 13: 9781732932807

Publisher: Scuppernong Editions, 2019

Synopsis

On an August evening in the summer of 1973 in Tarboro, North Carolina a young woman walking alone was offered a ride by three young men. All of their lives were changed dramatically as the ensuing events became national news and for a very brief period Tarboro became a center of a conversation on the Civil Rights movement and criminal justice in America. Nearly half a century later, is a town entitled to forget its place in history if that place is uncomfortable? Are individuals entitled to privacy even as an accurate retelling of history requires exposure? The Tarboro Three: Rape, Race, and Secrecy looks at the history of racism in a small town and how it has continued to inform life into the 21^st century.

About this title

About the Authors

Brian Lampkin lives in Greensboro, NC. He founded Rust Belt Books in Buffalo, NY and is an owner of Scuppernong Books in Greensboro where he also writes and performs with the band The Difficulties. He was a columnist with The Daily Southerner in Tarboro, NC.

Cover Photograph by Demetrious Noble.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scuppernong Editions
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1732932808
• ISBN 13: 9781732932807
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 120