HistorianspeaksOct 5, 2024

Do you want to know more about Parchman Farm, a notorious prison in Mississippi, known for its brutality. During the Civil Rights Era, protestors were often detained there and put in close proxmity to hardened criminals in order to scare and intimidate them #ParchmanFarm #WorseThanSlavery #ConvictLease #SlaveryByAnotherName #CivilRightsProtestors

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The Lasting Legacy of Parchman Farm, the Prison Modeled After a Slave Plantation - Innocence Project

Innocence Project
HistorianspeaksOct 5, 2024

Do you want to know more about the Natchez Protests in 1965. See the article below. #Natchez #1965 #ParchmanFarm #NAACP

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HistorianspeaksOct 5, 2024
See our latest blog on the Nachez Protests in 1965. These protests involved Black teenagers who demonstrated after the attenpted assassination of the NAACP leader George Metclafe. Many of the teenagers were arrested and put in Parchman Farm, a notorious Mississippi prison, known for its brutality.#Natchez #ParchmanFarm #Civil Rights
CheshireSep 20, 2023
‘It’s a charged place’: Parchman Farm, the Mississippi prison with a remarkable musical history
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/20/its-a-charged-place-parchman-farm-the-mississippi-prison-with-a-remarkable-musical-history?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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‘It’s a charged place’: Parchman Farm, the Mississippi prison with a remarkable musical history

Inmates at this bucolic but brutal prison have long been singing the blues to sustain themselves, and a new compilation of gospel songs continues the legacy

The Guardian