White Magic/Black Truth
It takes a city
It takes a city
By Flo M. Lapin
Cover Price $9.95
ISBN: 978-1-888349-18-4
About the book...
It was described as "the most heinous treatment of a human being ever seen." A surveillance videotape recorded the thirty minutes a 14-year-old black youth experienced at the hands of seven boot camp guards and a nurse in Panama City, Florida. Its release ignited outrage throughout the national media and global cyberspace. Protesters marched, mourners grieved, laws were revoked, and a trial miscarried. The authoress embarks on a personal journey through history and culture in search of justice.
About the author...
During much of Flo M. Lapin's life she has "passed" as black. After earning an Ed.D in education and sociology, she returned to her Hoosier home to tach at Ball State University. In addition to many years as an educator, Lapin is a writer, business woman and social/political activist. Her writings include: Bells & Balls, a musical she co-wrote and produced; From Nebo Mountain, a tragicomedy based upon the KKK; Voices of a Little City: Muncie Elegy #1, and colections of animal tales and poetry. She founded GoldSpace Theater, a black-box fenue for Indiana performing artists and their work. Lapin lives on the river in Muncie, Indiana, with her partner, two dogs and two turtles.
It was described as "the most heinous treatment of a human being ever seen." A surveillance videotape recorded the thirty minutes a 14-year-old black youth experienced at the hands of seven boot camp guards and a nurse in Panama City, Florida. Its release ignited outrage throughout the national media and global cyberspace. Protesters marched, mourners grieved, laws were revoked, and a trial miscarried. The authoress embarks on a personal journey through history and culture in search of justice.
About the author...
During much of Flo M. Lapin's life she has "passed" as black. After earning an Ed.D in education and sociology, she returned to her Hoosier home to tach at Ball State University. In addition to many years as an educator, Lapin is a writer, business woman and social/political activist. Her writings include: Bells & Balls, a musical she co-wrote and produced; From Nebo Mountain, a tragicomedy based upon the KKK; Voices of a Little City: Muncie Elegy #1, and colections of animal tales and poetry. She founded GoldSpace Theater, a black-box fenue for Indiana performing artists and their work. Lapin lives on the river in Muncie, Indiana, with her partner, two dogs and two turtles.
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