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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.
387Documented
0In custody
383Released
Eras of repression in Mississippi
Where Mississippi’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 365
1970s 7
1930s 4
1910s 4
1950s 3
2010s 1
Documented cases
387 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Paul S. Green
Released
Paul S. Green, a twenty-two-year-old Cornell University student, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May...
Robert Lee Green
Released
Robert Lee Green was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-...
Stephen John Green
Released
Stephen John Green was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 10, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Joel Ben Greenberg
Released
Joel Ben Greenberg was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 21, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Del Greenblatt
Released
Del Greenblatt was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Stephen Greenstein
Released
Stephen Greenstein was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Frank Lee Griffin
Released
Frank Lee Griffin was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Joe Henry Griffith
Released
Joe Henry Griffith, a twenty-six-year-old Cornell University graduate student, was arrested in Jackson, Missis...
Richard Paul Griswold
Released
Richard Paul Griswold was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 10, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Michael R. Grubbs
Released
Michael R. Grubbs was a UCLA student, born about 1935 in Coffeyville, Kansas, and the son of the activist Darn...
Joseph Henry Gumbiner
Released
Joseph Henry Gumbiner was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 21, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Richard Lee Haley
Released
Richard Lee Haley was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 19, 1961, while picketing the Heidelberg Hotel...
Fannie Lou Hamer
Released
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most influential grassroots figures in the Southern freedom struggle after...
Carl Hamilton
Released
Carl Hamilton was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 13, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in...
Mary Lucille Hamilton
Released
Mary Lucille Hamilton was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
William Walter Hansen Jr.
Released
William Walter Hansen Jr., later the director of SNCC's Arkansas project, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi...
William E. Harbour
Released
William E. Harbour was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Gordon Lau Harris
Released
Gordon Lau Harris, twenty-three years old at arrest, arriving by train from New Orleans, was arrested in Jacks...
Jesse James Harris
Released
Jesse James Harris was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 2, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Jessie L. Harris
Released
Jessie L. Harris was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-...
Mary Magdalene Harrison
Released
Mary Magdalene Harrison was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 23, 1961, for participating in the Freed...
Phillip Jay Havey
Released
Phillip Jay Havey was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 16, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Gainnel Hayes
Released
Gainnel Hayes was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in...
Charles A. Haynie
Released
Charles A. Haynie was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 30, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
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