- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Title:
- Mack Charles Parker
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Date of Original:
- 1959
- Subject:
- African American men--Mississippi--Poplarville
African American men--Death
African American men--Violence against--Mississippi--Poplarville
Men--Violence against--Mississippi--Poplarville
Shooting (Execution)--Mississippi--Poplarville
Pistols--Mississippi--Poplarville
Gunshot wounds--Mississippi--Poplarville
Assassination--Mississippi--Poplarville
Assassination--Investigation--Mississippi--Poplarville
Homicide--Mississippi--Poplarville
Murder--Investigation--Mississippi--Poplarville
Criminal investigation--Mississippi--Poplarville
Violent deaths--Mississippi--Poplarville
Political violence--Mississippi--Poplarville
Police--Complaints against--Mississippi--Poplarville
Police misconduct--Mississippi--Poplarville
Race riots--Mississippi--Poplarville
Riots--Mississippi--Poplarville
Mobs--Mississippi--Poplarville
Segregationists--Mississippi--Poplarville
Abduction--Mississippi--Poplarville
Assault and battery--Mississippi--Poplarville
Lynching--Mississippi--Poplarville
Rape--Mississippi--Poplarville
White supremacy movements--Mississippi--Poplarville
Civil rights--Mississippi--Poplarville
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--Poplarville
Intervention (Federal government)--Mississippi--Poplarville
Violence--Mississippi--Poplarville - People:
- Parker, Mack Charles
- Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Pearl River County, 30.76858, -89.58978
United States, Mississippi, Pearl River County, Poplarville, 30.84019, -89.53423 - Medium:
- federal government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- On April 25, 1959, the FBI conducted a Civil Rights investigation into the abduction of Mack Charles Parker from the Pearl River County jail in Popularville [sic], Mississippi. Parker had been arrested earlier that year on charges of raping and kidnaping an adult female. On May 4, 1959, a corpse was found in the Pearl River, whose fingerprints were later identified to be Parker's.
FBI FOIA file states that this is a summary report.
"Mack Charles Parker, an African American, was accused of raping a white woman. When he was arrested, a Mississippi state trooper offered the woman's husband a pistol to shoot Parker. Three days before Parker was to stand trial, he was dragged from his jail cell, beaten and shot. His body was found in the Pearl River 10 days later. The FBI investigated and even obtained confessions from some of the eight white suspects. However, the county prosecutor refused to present evidence to a state grand jury and a federal grand jury refused to indict." Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Charles_Parker
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://vault.fbi.gov/Mack%20Charles%20Parker
- Extent:
- 1 file (370 p.)
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Rights:
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