60th Mt. Zion Memorial set for June 16
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson will headline the 60th anniversary observance of the Freedom Summer murders here.
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Barton wins attempted murder conviction in Dodson case
A DeSoto County jury handed District Attorney Matthew Barton a victory this week in his first trial case, returning a guilty verdict of attempted murder against a Memphis man who
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Man found guilty of attempted murder in Southaven Ambush
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Memphis man on trial for shooting at a Southaven police officer after stealing a car has been found guilty of attempted first-degree murder. Kyle Dodson will be sentenced in Desoto County on Wednesday and could receive life in prison. The Southaven Police Department said in March of 2023 Dodson and several [...]
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Mississippi bill seeks to shut down Parchman prison
An infamous Mississippi prison could be shut down if a bill introduced into Mississippi legislature gets signed into law.
Source: fox13memphis.com
Grateful Web Interview with Ian Brennan
Parchman Prison is in the Mississippi Delta and is notorious for brutal conditions and a very high black population. In 1996, the historian David Oshinsky said, "Throughout the American South, Parchman Farm is synonymous with punishment and brutality. It's the closest thing to slavery that survived the Civil War." Ta-Nehisi Coates quoted Oshinsky's writing in his 2014 Atlantic article, "The Case for Reparations." The prison was founded in 1901, on a former plantation site.
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