Mack Parker lynching...

Item # 569721

April 26, 1959

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 26, 1959 This 50+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FATE OF NEGRO SEIZED AT MISS. SAID UNKNOWN" "Believed Slain, However; 10 Masked Lynchers Sought by Posse".

Tells of the lynching of negro Mack Parker in Poplarville, Mississippi.

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.