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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.
362Documented
0In custody
358Released
Eras of repression in Mississippi
Where Mississippi’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 340
1970s 7
1930s 4
1910s 4
1950s 3
2010s 1
Documented cases
362 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
James Bevel
Released
Reverend James Luther Bevel was a Mississippi-born civil rights organizer trained by James Lawson in the Nashv...
Charles Biggers
Released
Charles Biggers, a twenty-three-year-old University of Colorado student, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi,...
George Marion Blevins
Released
George Marion Blevins, a Chouinard Art Institute student and New Orleans CORE worker, was arrested in Jackson,...
Myron Barnett Bloy Jr.
Released
Myron Barnett Bloy Jr. was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on Septemb...
Leo Vone Blue
Released
Leo Vone Blue was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in...
Mildred Juanita Blue
Released
Mildred Juanita Blue was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent...
Charles Henry Booth
Released
Charles Henry Booth was eighteen at his arrest, born about 1943 and was arrested on July 15, 1961 after a New...
Gloria Leavern Dee Bouknight
Released
Gloria Leavern Dee Bouknight was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the...
Tommie Eldridge Brashear
Released
Tommie Eldridge Brashear was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freed...
James Pleasant Breeden
Released
James Pleasant Breeden was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on Septemb...
Paul Breines
Released
Paul Breines was a University of Wisconsin student and Student Council on Civil Rights member, born about 1941...
Charles Darrick Brice
Released
Charles Darrick Brice was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 4, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent...
Travis O. Britt
Released
Travis O. Britt was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Edward Bromberg
Released
Edward Bromberg was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Arthur Brooks Jr.
Released
Arthur Brooks Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Amos Cleophilus Brown
Released
Amos Cleophilus Brown, later a prominent San Francisco pastor, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 1...
Elmer L. Brown
Released
Elmer L. Brown was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Luvaghn Brown
Released
Luvaghn Brown, sixteen years old at the time of the arrest, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 11,...
Daniel E. Burkholder
Released
Daniel E. Burkholder was a CORE lecturer and businessman, born about 1932 and rode from Montgomery and was arr...
Charles Butler
Released
Charles Butler was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 2, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Frances Lee Wilson Canty
Released
Frances Lee Wilson Canty was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freed...
James T. Carey
Released
James T. Carey was born about 1925 in Chicago, lived in Berkeley, and was president of the Catholic Interracia...
Joseph Carter
Released
Joseph Carter was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides an...
Rita Carter
Released
Rita Carter was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and...
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
Montgomery County Jail (Winona, MS)Winona, Mississippi
4 cases
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)Sunflower County, Mississippi
3 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