Book Launch at The Ferguson Library: Stamford '76

On Monday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m., The Ferguson Library will host a book launch event for Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s by JoeAnn Hart. The program will be held at the Main Library, DiMattia Building located at Bedford and Broad Streets, Stamford.

In July 1976, a twenty-four-year-old white woman, Margo Olson, was found in a shallow grave in Stamford, Connecticut, with an arrow piercing her heart. A few weeks later, Howie Carter, her black boyfriend, was killed by the police. Looking back at 1976, the author discovers a Bicentennial year steeped in recession, racism, and unrelenting violence, and reveals how racism, misogyny, the economy, and corruption helped lead Margo and Howie to their deaths. Book sale and signing.

For more information, call 203 351-8231.