Blood Justice

The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker

By: Howard Smead

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Paperback | 1 April 1988

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Based on previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department documents, extensive interviews with many of the surviving principals involved in the case, and a variety of newspaper accounts, Smead meticulously reconstructs the full story of one of the last lynchings in America, detailing a grim, dramatic, but nearly forgotten episode from the Civil Rights era.
In 1959, a white mob in Poplarville, Mississippi abducted a young black man named Mack Charles Parker--recently charged with the rape of a white woman--from his jail cell, beat him, carried him across state lines, finally shot him, and left his body in the Pearl River. A massive FBI investigation ensued, and two grand juries met to investigate the lynching, yet no arrests were ever made. Smead presents a vivid picture of a small Southern town gripped by racism and distrust of federal authority, and describes the travesty of justice that followed in the wake of the lynching. Ultimately revealing more than an account of a single lynching, he offers what he calls "a glimpse at the tidal forces at work in the South on the eve of the civil rights revolution."

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'This meticulous account of an almost forgotton event fills a significant gap in the history of the Civil Rights era.' Washington Post Book World

'Mr Smead's account is not openly didactic or moralistic. Instead, he relies on a fine sense of organization and tight journalistic prose to propel the story. "Blood Justice" is a grim reminder of what Southern race relations once were' Baltimore Sun

'A powerful and thought-provoking documentary.' Booklist

'Smead used an impressive array of primary sources, particularly Justice Department and FBI documents only recently available, plus interviews with participants and newspaper accounts. The resulting history of this forgotton episode simply must be included in any public or academic collection' Choice

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Introduction	p. ix
""""Just Joe-Jacking Around""""	p. 3
Some Proud Southern Whites	p. 24
A Quiet Friday Evening	p. 46
The Morning After the Night Before	p. 59
A Small Town in Mississippi	p. 72
""""The Floodgates of Hate and Hell""""	p. 89
""""Don't Let Them Kill Me""""	p. 107
The Fbi in Peace and War in Mississippi	p. 124
Bad News from Bilboville	p. 149
No Apologies	p. 165
The Triumph of Southem Justice	p. 183
Epilogue	p. 200
Conclusions of the Justice Department About Violations of Federal Law by Lynch Mobs (contained in Letter from Malcolm R. Wilkey to William Rogers, May 25, 1959)	p. 206
Judge Sebe Dale's Charge to the Pearl River County Grand Jury (poplarville Democrat, Nov. 5, 1959) Nov. 5, 1959, Judge Sebe Dale Delivers Strong Charge to Grand Jury Without Mentioning Specific Cases	p. 208
Notes	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 236
Index	p. 241
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