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Mississippi
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Mississippi.
454Documented
0In custody
390Released
Eras of repression in Mississippi
Where Mississippi’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 410
1930s 18
1970s 10
1950s 4
1910s 4
2010s 2
Recent dashboard entries from Mississippi
The newest published events and reporting located in Mississippi, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Thousands rally at the Old Capitol against redistricting and for voting rights
Protest
Marshall County residents rally against a proposed ICE detention facility
Protest
About 1,500 surround the Mississippi Capitol for a No Kings protest
Protest
No Kings rally at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando
Protest
A coalition rallies against Elon Musk's xAI gas turbines near Memphis
Other
Mississippi newspaper ordered to remove op-ed critical of city officials
Documented cases
454 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Martha Jones
Released
Martha Jones participated in Canton civil-rights organizing.
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Robert Jones
Robert Jones was a Black farm laborer in official custody before a lynching at Michigan City, Mississippi on A...
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Dorie Ladner
Dorie Ladner is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mississi...
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Ike Lewis
Ike Lewis is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mississippi...
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Bill Light
Bill Light was arrested during the June 1965 voting-rights demonstrations in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Peg Lockett
Peg Lockett was a Black Mississippi prisoner lynched while being transferred from De Kalb to Scooba for a hear...
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Joe Love
Joe Love was one of two Black men lynched near Clarksdale, Mississippi on June 9, 1934. The June 20 Daily Work...
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Robert Lower
Robert Lower was detained during the June 1965 voting-rights demonstrations in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Chokwe Lumumba
Chokwe Lumumba was a human-rights lawyer who served three days in jail, according to Front Line.
Front Line r...
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Spade de Mau Mau
Released
Spade de Mau Mau was identified by RNA president Imari Obadele as one of the people arrested with him at the o...
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Clarence McGhee
Clarence McGhee was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Char...
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Ernest McGhee
Ernest McGhee is named in Page 2 among three Black Memphis defendants condemned at Hernando. The February 13 d...
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Jake McGhee
Jake McGhee was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles...
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Laura McGhee
Laura McGhee was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles...
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Silas McGhee
Silas McGhee participated in the Greenwood, Mississippi civil-rights movement and is individually included in...
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Charles McLaurin
Charles McLaurin was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Cha...
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Patricia Meyers
Released
Patricia Meyers participated in Canton civil-rights organizing.
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Clinton Montgomery
Released
Clinton Montgomery was a conscientious objector from Mississippi imprisoned during World War I. Court-martiale...
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Rebecca Morgan
Rebecca Morgan is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Missis...
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Karim Njabafudi
Released
Karim Hekima Oman Wadu Njabafudi — born Larry Jackson in New Orleans, also recorded as Karim and "Brother Blac...
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Tawwab Nkrumah
Released
Tawwab Nkrumah was identified by RNA president Imari Obadele as one of the people arrested with him at the org...
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Sylvester Lee Palmer
Released
Sylvester Lee Palmer participated in Canton civil-rights organizing.
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Annie James Rankin
Released
Annie James Rankin was a Mississippi voting-rights and anti-poverty organizer. She participated in the 1968 Po...
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Bobbi Robinson
Bobbi Robinson was named among Canton, Mississippi, civil rights arrestees in a contemporary CORE report.
Institutions in Mississippi
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Mississippi that appear in the census’s case files.
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
11 cases
Mississippi state and federal courtsJackson, Mississippi
10 cases
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)Sunflower County, Mississippi
5 cases
Montgomery County Jail (Winona, MS)Winona, Mississippi
4 cases
Hinds County Jail / Laurel CourthouseLaurel, Mississippi
1 case
Pike County Jail / Magnolia (McComb, MS)Magnolia, Mississippi
1 case
Hinds County Jail (Jackson, MS)Jackson, Mississippi
1 case
Mississippi State Penitentiary at ParchmanParchman, Mississippi
1 case