The Parchman Ordeal: 1965 Natchez Civil Rights Injustice

by Darrell White, Robert Morgan, G. Mark LaFrancis

Book Overview

In October 1965, nearly 800 young people attempted to march from their churches in Natchez to protest segregation, discrimination and mistreatment by white leaders and elements of the Ku Klux Klan. As they exited the churches, local authorities forced the would-be marchers onto buses and charged them with parading without a permit, a local ordinance later ruled unconstitutional. For approximately 150 of these young men and women, this was only the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467140643
• ISBN13: 9781467140645
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"