Gilbert King

Nov 15, 2023 | shepherd.com | Mary Shanklin |Gilbert King |Rebecca Skloot |Daniel Brown

When I read Gilbert King’s story of the ruination of four Black men based on charges they raped a white woman in the 1950s, I had to check King’s background. He won my admiration for going from small-town newspapers and photography work to tell this epic story of Thurgood Marshall-style justice.  The story itself will rip you apart as the Southern sheriff “interrogates” these men in inhumane ways.