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Parchman Penitentiary: Electric chair, men singing, minister preaching, prison vehicle logos (PPP B-68 #1178)

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Ferris, William R

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Photograph shows "Flat Top," an inmate at Camp B, performing gospel music in 1968. Camp B was a satellite complex of Parchman Penitentiary, located in Lambert, Mississippi.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

Keywords

  1. African American Gospel Singers
  2. African Americans
  3. Gospel Music
  4. Gospel Singers
  5. Group Portraits
  6. Hand Clapping
  7. Lambert (Miss.)
  8. Mississippi
  9. Mississippi State Penitentiary
  10. Music
  11. Portrait Photographs
  12. Prisoners
  13. Prisons
  14. Singers

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