By W.B. King– On November 16, 1944, 37-year-old Helen Ray Fowler was seated in “Old Sparky” in Sing Sing prison, facing her fate for committing the murder of a “hotheaded” boarder, George Knight, in the red light district of Niagara Falls. When the “crackling” seized, she made history as the only black woman to be legally executed in New York State in the 20th Century. Fowler’s life story has been brought back to life in the compelling play, The Execution […]
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